Judges 14:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ Samson’s wife cried for the rest of the seven days of the party. So he finally gave her the answer to the riddle on the seventh day. He told her because she kept bothering him. Then she went to her people and told them the answer to the riddle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And Samson's wife wept before him the seven days their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him with entreaties. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ But she cried on his shoulder for the rest of the seven days of the feast. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her the answer, for she had nagged him. And she told her people the answer to the riddle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, she wept before him during the seven days of the feast. And at length, on the seventh day, since she had been troubling him, he explained it. And immediately she revealed it to her countrymen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and at length on the seventh day as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen.

Judges 14:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw the tree was beautiful. She saw the fruit was good to eat. And it was exciting that the tree would make her wise. So the woman took fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some of the fruit to him and he ate it.

Job 2:9

Job’s wife said to him, “Are you still faithful to God? Why don’t you curse {\cf2\super [7]} God and die!”

Proverbs 7:21

The woman used those words to tempt the young man. Her smooth words tricked him.

Jeremiah 9:3

“Those people use their tongues like a bow;\par lies fly from their mouths like arrows.\par Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land.\par Those people go from one sin to another.\par They don’t know me.”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust your neighbor!\par Don’t trust a friend!\par Don’t even speak freely with your wife!\par

Luke 11:8

I tell you, maybe friendship is not enough to make him get up to give you the bread. But he will surely get up to give you what you need if you continue to ask.

Judges 14:16

So Samson’s wife went to him and began crying. She said, “You just hate me! You don’t really love me! You told my people a riddle, and you won’t tell me the answer.”

Judges 14:18

So before the sun went down on the seventh day of the party, the Philistine men had the answer. They came to Samson and said,

Judges 16:13

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You lied to me again! You made me look foolish. Now, tell me how someone could tie you up.”

Judges 16:16

She kept bothering Samson day after day. He got so tired of her asking him about his secret that he felt like he was going to die.

Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me why you are so strong. How could someone tie you up and make you helpless?”