New 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.King James Bible
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.American Standard 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 pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.Young's Literal Translation
And she weepeth for it the seven days in which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth it to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.Judges 14:17 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd she wept before him - Not through any love to him, for it appears she had none, but to oblige her paramours; and of this he soon had ample proof. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the seven, or, the rest of the seven days. she lay Judges 16:6,13,16 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you... Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise... Job 2:9 Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die. Proverbs 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. Luke 11:8 I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend... Luke 18:4,5 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man... and she told Proverbs 2:16,17 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words... Judges 14:17 Parallel Commentaries
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Judges 14:16 Then Samson's wife threw herself on him, sobbing, "You hate me! You don't really love me. You've given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer." "I haven't even explained it to my father or mother," he replied, "so why should I explain it to you?"
Judges 14:18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" Samson said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle."
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