Judges 14:16

The Scriptures 1998

And Shimshon’s wife wept before him, and said, “You only hate me, and do not love me! You have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not explained it to me.” And he said to her, “Look, I have not explained it to my father or my mother, and should I explain it to you?”

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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 16:15

Then she said to him, “How do you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not made known to me where your great strength lies.”

Judges 16:16

And it came to be, when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, so that his being was wearied to death,