Judges 14:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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."

Judges 14:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Psalm 81:16

He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: And with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.

Proverbs 30:30

The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

Ezekiel 1:10

As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

Judges 14:17

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.

Judges 14:19

And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.