Judges 14:9

which he took into his hands, and went on—eating as he went, and came unto his father and unto his mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat,—but he told them not that, out of the carcass of the lion, he had taken the honey.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

In Context

8And he returned, after a time, to take her, and went aside to see the carcass of the lion,—and lo! a swarm of bees, in the body of the lion, and, honey,

10And his father went down unto the woman,—and Samson made there a banquet, for, so, used the young men, to do.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:16And Saul said unto his uncle, He, told, us that the asses were found,—but, as to the matter of the kingdom, he told him not what Samuel had said.

1 Samuel 14:25And, all the land, had entered into the forest,—and there was honey upon the face of the ground.

Proverbs 25:15By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:2-10

Samson Chooses a Philistine Wife; A Lion Slain by Samson. ( b. c. 1141.) 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the… Read the whole commentary →

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