Judges 14:9

And he taketh it down on to his hands, and goeth on, going and eating; and he goeth unto his father, and unto his mother, and giveth to them, and they eat, and he hath not declared to them that from the body of the lion he took down the honey.

Young's Literal Translation

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 turneth back after [some] days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees [are] in the body of the lion — and honey.

10And his father goeth down unto the woman, and Samson maketh there a banquet, for so the young men do;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:16And Saul saith unto his uncle, 'He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;' and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said.

1 Samuel 14:25And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

Proverbs 25:15By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a 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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