Judges 14:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” But he responded to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved 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, loved and delightful, parted neither in life nor death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Psalm 81:16

Those who hate Adonai would cringe before Him— their time of doom would be forever.

Proverbs 30:30

a lion, mighty among beasts, who never backs down from anything;

Ezekiel 1:10

As for the form of their faces, each had a human face, the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side and the four had the face of an eagle.

Judges 14:17

But she wept before him the seven days while their banquet lasted. So it was on the seventh day he told her, because she nagged him. Then she told the riddle to the sons of her people.

Judges 14:19

Then the Ruach Adonai came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed 30 of their men, took their spoil, and gave the changes of clothes to those who solved the riddle. Since his rage was burning, he went up to his father’s house.