Judges 14
14:1And Samson went down unto Timnath, and he saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of the Philistines.
14:2And he ascended, and reported to his father and to his mother. And he said, I have seen a woman in Timnath from the daughters of the Philistines. And now take her to me for wife!
14:3And his father said to him, and his mother, Is it that there is not a woman of the daughters of your brethren and among all my people, that you should go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Take this one for me! for she pleases in my eyes.
14:4And his father and his mother did not know that it is from the lord, that he required recompense of the Philistines. And in that time the Philistines dominated the sons of Israel.
14:5And Samson went down, and his father and his mother unto Timnath. And he came to the vineyards of Timnath. And behold, a cub of a lion was roaring in meeting him.
14:6And spirit of the lord straightened upon him, and he tore it apart as a kid of the goats, and nothing was in his hand. And he did not report to his father and to his mother what he did.
14:7And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing before Samson.
14:8And he returned after some days to take her, and he turned aside to behold the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm as of an apiary of bees was in the mouth of the lion, and honey.
14:9And he took of it into his mouth, and went forth going and eating. And he went to his father and to his mother, and he gave to them, and they ate, and he did not announce to them that he took the honey from the manner of the lion.
14:10And his father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared there a banquet for seven days; for thus the young men did.
14:11And it came to pass in their fearing him, that they posted in front to him thirty companions, and they were with him.
14:12And Samson said to them, I will propound indeed to you a riddle, and if by reporting you should report it to me in the seven days of the banquet, and you should find the solution, I will give to you thirty pieces of fine linen, and thirty robes of clothes.
14:13And if you should not be able to report the solution to me, then you shall give to me yourselves thirty pieces of fine linen, and thirty robes of clothes. And they said to him, Propound your riddle, and we shall hear it!
14:14And he said to them, From the one eating came forth food, and from the strong came forth sweetness. And they were not able to explain the riddle for three days.
14:15And it came to pass in the seventh day, and they spoke to the wife of Samson, saying, Deceive indeed your husband! and let him explain to you the riddle, lest at any time we should burn you and the house of your father by fire; or did you call us to make us poor?
14:16And the wife of Samson wept to him, and said to him, You detest me, and do not love me, because the riddle which you propounded to the sons of my people, you did not explain even it to me. And Samson said to her, Behold, to my father and to my mother I did not report it, and should I report to you?
14:17And she wept upon him for the seven days in which the banquet was to them. And it came to pass on the seventh day he explained to her, for she troubled him. And she reported to the sons of her people.
14:18And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun going down, What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion? And Samson said to them, Unless you plowed by my heifer, you would not have found my riddle.
14:19And spirit of the lord straightened upon him, and he went down unto Ashkelon, and smote from there thirty men, and took their robes, and gave them to the ones explaining the riddle. And Samson was enraged in anger, and he ascended into the house of his father.
14:20And the wife of Samson lived with his groomsman who was his companion.