Judges 14:12
And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If ye can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Cross References
Genesis 29:27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shall serve with me yet seven other years.
1 Kings 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 Kings 5:22And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of r
Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
Matthew Henry on Judges 14:11-20
Samson's Riddle; Slaughter of the Philistines. ( b. c. 1141.) 10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 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 days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it… Read the whole commentary →