Judges 14:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And the men of the city said to [Samson] on the seventh day before sundown, What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So on the seventh day, before the sun set, the townspeople said to him, “What’s sweeter than honey? What’s stronger than a lion?” He replied to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have figured out my riddle!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they, on the seventh day, before the sun declined, said to him: "What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have uncovered my proposition."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And they on the seventh day before the sun went down said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.

Judges 14:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

“Sha’ul and Yehonathan were beloved And pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

Psalm 81:16

He would feed them with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

Proverbs 30:30

A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from facing all;

Ezekiel 1:10

And the likeness of their faces: the face of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, and each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.

Judges 14:17

And she had wept before him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it came to be on the seventh day that he informed her, because she pressed him so much. She then explained the riddle to the sons of her people.

Judges 14:19

Then the Spirit of יהוה came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashqelon and struck thirty of their men, stripped them, and gave the changes of garments to those who had explained the riddle. And his displeasure burned, and he went back up to his father’s house.