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Judges 14:14

14 And he said to them,

“Out of the eater came something to eat.

Out of the strong came something sweet.”

And in three days they could not solve the riddle.

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Judges 14:14 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 He replied,

“Out of the eater, something to eat;

out of the strong, something sweet.”

For three days they could not give the answer.

Judges 14:14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Judges 14:14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 So he said:

“Out of the one who eats came something to eat;

out of the strong came something sweet.”

Three days later they were still trying to figure it out.

Judges 14:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 So he said to them:

“Out of the eater came something to eat,

And out of the strong came something sweet.”

Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.

Judges 14:14 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 Samson said,

“Out of the eater comes something to eat.

Out of the strong comes something sweet.”

After three days, they had not found the answer.

Judges 14:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Judges 14:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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 in three days explain the riddle.

Judges 14:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 So Samson said to them, 

“From the eater 

came something to eat. 

From the strong one 

came something sweet.” 

For three days they couldn’t solve the riddle.

Judges 14:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 So he said to them:

Out of the eater came something to eat,

and out of the strong came something sweet.

After three days, they were unable to explain the riddle.

Judges 14:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 He said to them,

“Out of the eater came something to eat.

Out of the strong came something sweet.”

But for three days they could not explain the riddle.

Judges 14:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 He said to them,

“From the eater came out food,

From the strong came out sweet.”

But they were unable to explain the riddle for three days.

Judges 14:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 Samson replied,

“Out of the eater came something to eat.

Out of the strong came something sweet.”

For three days they couldn’t give him the answer.

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

14 So 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.


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