Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ way-yō-mə-rū And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp [e] לוֹ֩ lōw to him Prep-l | 3ms 376 [e] אַנְשֵׁ֨י ’an-šê the men N-mpc 5892 [e] הָעִ֜יר hā-‘îr of the city Art | N-fs 3117 [e] בַּיּ֣וֹם bay-yō-wm on the day Prep-b, Art | N-ms 7637 [e] הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י haš-šə-ḇî-‘î seventh Art | Number-oms 2962 [e] בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ bə-ṭe-rem before Prep-b | Adv 935 [e] יָבֹ֣א yā-ḇō went down V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 2775 [e] הַחַ֔רְסָה ha-ḥar-sāh the sun Art | N-ms | 3fs 4100 [e] מַה־ mah- What [is] Interrog 4966 [e] מָּת֣וֹק mā-ṯō-wq sweeter Adj-ms 1706 [e] מִדְּבַ֔שׁ mid-də-ḇaš than honey Prep-m | N-ms 4100 [e] וּמֶ֥ה ū-meh And what [is] Conj-w | Interrog 5794 [e] עַ֖ז ‘az stronger Adj-ms 738 [e] מֵאֲרִ֑י mê-’ă-rî than a lion Prep-m | N-ms 559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמֶר way-yō-mer And he said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms [e] לָהֶ֔ם lā-hem to them Prep-l | 3mp 3884 [e] לוּלֵא֙ lū-lê If not Conj 2790 [e] חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם ḥă-raš-tem you⁺ had plowed V-Qal-Perf-2mp 5697 [e] בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י bə-‘eḡ-lā-ṯî with my heifer Prep-b | N-fsc | 1cs 3808 [e] לֹ֥א lō not Adv-NegPrt 4672 [e] מְצָאתֶ֖ם mə-ṣā-ṯem You⁺ would have solved V-Qal-Perf-2mp 2420 [e] חִידָתִֽי׃ ḥî-ḏā-ṯî my riddle N-fsc | 1cs

Berean Study Bible
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in:—‘What [is] sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?’ And he saith to them: ‘Unless ye had ploughed 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!

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. Judges 14:18 • Judges 14:18 NIV • Judges 14:18 NLT • Judges 14:18 ESV • Judges 14:18 NASB • Judges 14:18 KJV • Judges 14:18 Biblia Paralela • Judges 14:18 Chinese Bible • Judges 14:18 French Bible • Judges 14:18 German Bible

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