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Judges 14:17

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14:17She cried on his shoulder40 until the party was almost over.41 Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much.42 Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.43

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Footnotes

  1. 40 Heb “on him.”
  2. 41 Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.
  3. 42 Heb “because she forced him.”
  4. 43 Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and at last, on the seventh day, he explained it to her, because she had nagged him so much. Then she explained it to her people.

NLTNew Living Translation

So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

She wept before him the seven days of their feast; and it happened, because she nagged him, on the seventh day he explained it to her, and she told the riddle to her people.

KJV 1900King James Version

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 she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.