Judges Chapter 14
14:1 | And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. |
14:2 | And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. |
14:3 | Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. |
14:4 | But his father and his mother knew not that it [was] of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that ![]() ![]() |
14:5 | Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. |
14:6 | And the ![]() |
14:7 | And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. |
14:8 | And after a ![]() ![]() |
14:9 | And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. |
14:10 | So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to ![]() |
14:11 | And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. |
14:12 | And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven ![]() ![]() |
14:13 | But if ye cannot declare [it] me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of ![]() |
14:14 | And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth ![]() ![]() |
14:15 | And it came to pass on the seventh ![]() ![]() |
14:16 | And Samson' wife wept before him, and said, Thou 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? |
14:17 | And she wept before him the seven ![]() ![]() |
14:18 | And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh ![]() ![]() |
14:19 | And the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14:20 | But Samson' wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |