¹²And Samson said unto them, I will now ⁱput forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within ^kthe seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty ^||sheets and thirty ^lchange of garments:

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Footnotes

i Ezek. 17:2. Luke 14:7. So 1 Kin. 10:1. Ps. 78:2. Prov. 1:6.
||Or, shirts. Pr. 31:24 (Heb.). Is. 3:23 (Heb.).
l 2 Kin. 5:5, 22, 23. So Gen. 45:22.

Cross references

k Gen. 29:27.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and figure it out, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.

NLTNew Living Translation

Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give you thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you can fully explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, I will give to you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.