Judges 14:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you; if you can tell me what it is within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen undergarments and thirty changes of raiment.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it unto me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;

Common English Bible

¹² Then Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you can figure it out and tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I’ll give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And Samson said to them: "I will propose to you a problem, which, if you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty shirts and the same number of tunics.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And Samson said to them: I will propose to you a riddle, which if you declare unto me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty shirts, and as many coats.

Judges 14:12 Cross References

Genesis 45:22

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

1 Kings 10:1

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

2 Kings 5:22

And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

2 Chronicles 7:8

So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.

Psalm 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb, and a figure; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 31:24

She maketh linen garments and selleth them; And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Matthew 13:13

Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

Matthew 27:28

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

Luke 14:7

And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

John 16:29

His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I have been known.

James 5:2

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

Judges 14:11

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Judges 14:13

but if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.