Judges 14:12–18

12 And 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: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty ||sheets and thirty lchange of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 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. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, mEntice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, nlest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us †to take that we have? is it not so? 16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, oThou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 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 pshe lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 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.