Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So Samson's wife went to him in tears and said, "You don't love me! You just hate me! You told my friends a riddle and didn't tell me what it means!" He said, "Look, I haven't even told my father and mother. Why should I tell you?" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle, which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother: and how can I tell it to thee? thou dost Judges 16:15 And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy greatest strength lieth. I have not Genesis 2:24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. Context Samson's Riddle…15And when the seventh day came, they said to the wife of Samson: Sooth thy husband, and persuade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth. But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and thy father's house. Have you called us to the wedding on purpose to strip us? 16So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle, which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother: and how can I tell it to thee?17So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and, at length, on the seventh day, as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen.… Cross References Judges 14:17 So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and, at length, on the seventh day, as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen. Judges 16:15 And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy greatest strength lieth. Jump to Previous Children Hate Love Mother Proposed Riddle Samson's Wept Wife WiltJump to Next Children Hate Love Mother Proposed Riddle Samson's Wept Wife WiltLinks Judges 14:16 NIVJudges 14:16 NLT Judges 14:16 ESV Judges 14:16 NASB Judges 14:16 Bible Apps Judges 14:16 Biblia Paralela Judges 14:16 Chinese Bible Judges 14:16 French Bible Judges 14:16 German Bible Alphabetical: a and answer before Behold but do don't even explain explained father given hate have haven't he her herself him I it love me mother my not of on only or people propounded really replied riddle said Samson's should so sobbing sons tell the Then threw to told wept why wife You You've OT History: Judges 14:16 Samson's wife wept before him and said (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |