Judges 14:12
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
11When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Cross References
Genesis 29:27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”
1 Kings 10:1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.
2 Kings 5:22He said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’”
Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Matthew 6:19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, 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 →