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KJV Lexicon And the men'enowsh (en-oshe') a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. of the city `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) unto him on the seventh shbiy`iy (sheb-ee-ee') seventh -- seventh (time). day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), before the sun cherec (kheh'-res) from an unused root meaning to scrape; the itch; also the sun -- itch, sun. went down bow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) What is sweeter mathowq (maw-thoke') sweet -- sweet(-er, -ness). than honey dbash (deb-ash') honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup -- honey(-comb). and what is stronger `az (az) strong, vehement, harsh -- fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong. than a lion 'ariy (ar-ee') a lion -- (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin). And he said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) unto them If luwle' (loo-lay') if not -- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that. ye had not plowed charash (khaw-rash') to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material) with my heifer `eglah (eg-law') a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer) -- calf, cow, heifer. ye had not found out matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present my riddle chiydah (khee-daw') a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim -- dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.; Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible So the men of the city said to 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 to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, You would not have found out my riddle." King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible On the seventh day, before sunset, the men of the city said to him: What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion? So he said to them: If you hadn't plowed with my young cow, you wouldn't know my riddle now! International Standard Version Then the men of the city answered him just before sunset on the seventh day: "What's sweeter than honey? What's stronger than lions?" Samson responded, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer you wouldn't have solved my riddle." NET Bible On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!" GOD'S WORD® Translation So before sundown on the seventh day, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" Samson replied, "If you hadn't used my cow to plow, you wouldn't know my riddle now." King James 2000 Bible 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 you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle. Links Judges 14:18Judges 14:18 NIV Judges 14:18 NLT Judges 14:18 ESV Judges 14:18 NASB Judges 14:18 KJV |
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