Judges 14:12 TSK: "Let me tell you a riddle," Samson told them. "If you can solve it during this week-long festival, I'll give you 30 linen garments and 30 formal garments.

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"Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.

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a riddle

1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Proverbs 1:6
to understand the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling parables?'"

Matthew 13:13, 34
This is why I speak to them in parables: 'Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.' . . .

Luke 14:7
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

John 16:29
His disciples said, "See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

the seven

Genesis 29:27, 28
Finish this week's celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work." . . .

2 Chronicles 7:8
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him--a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt--observed the feast for seven days.

sheets.

Matthew 27:28
They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

Mark 14:51, 52
One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him, . . .

change

Genesis 45:22
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

2 Kings 5:5, 22
"Go now, " said the king of Aram, "and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing. . . .

Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

James 5:2
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
Then Samson said to them, "Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian 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 30 linen garments and 30 changes of clothes.

International Standard Version
"Let me tell you a riddle," Samson told them. "If you can solve it during this week-long festival, I'll give you 30 linen garments and 30 formal garments.

NET Bible
Samson said to them, "I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.

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