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Judges 14 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Samson's Marriage

Jdg 14:1

Jdg 14:1Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.

Jdg 14:2

Jdg 14:2So he came [fn]back and told his father and [fn]mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.”

Jdg 14:3

Jdg 14:3Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your [fn]relatives, or among all [fn]our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she [fn]looks good to me.”

Jdg 14:4

Jdg 14:4However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

Jdg 14:5

Jdg 14:5Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.

Jdg 14:6

Jdg 14:6The Spirit of the LORD [fn]came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Jdg 14:7

Jdg 14:7So he went down and talked to the woman; and she [fn]looked good to Samson.

Jdg 14:8

Jdg 14:8When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.

Jdg 14:9

Jdg 14:9So he scraped [fn]the honey into his [fn]hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.

Jdg 14:10

Jdg 14:10Then his father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men customarily did this.

Jdg 14:11

Jdg 14:11When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Samson's Riddle

Jdg 14:12

Jdg 14:12Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.

Jdg 14:13

Jdg 14:13“But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.” And they said to him, “Propound your riddle, that we may hear it.”

Jdg 14:14

Jdg 14:14So he said to them,
“Out of the eater came something to eat,
And out of the strong came something sweet.”
But they could not tell the riddle in three days.

Jdg 14:15

Jdg 14:15Then it came about on the [fn]fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?”

Jdg 14:16

Jdg 14:16Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”

Jdg 14:17

Jdg 14:17However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people.

Jdg 14:18

Jdg 14:18So 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?”
And he said to them,
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have found out my riddle.”

Jdg 14:19

Jdg 14:19Then the Spirit of the LORD [fn]came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.

Jdg 14:20

Jdg 14:20But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his [fn]friend.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: up
Literally: mother, saying,
Literally: brothers
Literally: my
Literally: is right in my eyes
Literally: rushed upon
Literally: was right in Samson's eyes
Literally: it
Literally: palms
So with some ancient versions; Heb seventh
Literally: rushed upon
Or, best man
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