¹²“Let me tell you a riddle,^t” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast,^u I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.^v

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Cross references

tSee Nu 12:8; Eze 17:2; 20:49; 24:3; Hos 12:10
u Ge 29:27
vSee Ge 45:22; See 2 Ki 5:5

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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,

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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