Judges 14:14 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁴ Samson told them this riddle:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not solve the riddle in three days.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He said to them, “Out of the eater there came something to eat. Out of the strong there came something sweet.” For three days they couldn’t tell the answer to the riddle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And he said to them, "Food went forth from that which eats, and sweetness went forth from that which is strong." And they were unable to solve the proposition for three days.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Judges 14:14 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child’s foot, but he will crush your head.”

1 Kings 17:6

Ravens brought Elijah food every morning and every evening. Elijah drank water from that stream.

2 Chronicles 20:2

Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “There is a large army coming against you from Edom. They are coming from the other side of the \{Dead\} Sea. They are already in Hazazon Tamar!” (Hazazon Tamar is also called En Gedi.)

2 Chronicles 20:25

Jehoshaphat and his army came to take valuable things from the bodies. They found many animals, riches, clothes, and valuable things. Jehoshaphat and his army took those things for themselves. The things were more than Jehoshaphat and his people could carry away. They spent three days taking away the valuable things from the dead bodies, because there was so much.

Proverbs 24:7

Foolish people can’t understand wisdom. And when people are discussing important things, the foolish person can say nothing.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about the kingdom of heaven. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Acts 8:31

The man said, “How can I understand? I need some person to explain it to me!” Then he invited Philip to climb in and sit with him.

Romans 8:37

But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.

Judges 14:13

But if you can’t find the answer, then you must give me 30 linen shirts and 30 changes of clothes.” So the 30 men said, “Tell us your riddle, we want to hear it.”

Judges 14:15

On the fourth day, [110] the men came to Samson’s wife. They said, “Did you invite us here just to make us poor? You must trick your husband into telling us the answer to the riddle. If you don’t get the answer for us, we will burn you and all the people in your father’s house to death.”