Judges 14:1 (WLC)

Judges 14:18 - וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֨רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽי׃

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Translations for Judges 14:18

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down:

“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
And he said to them:

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer:
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved my riddle!”

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them,
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have found out my riddle.”

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

On the seventh day, before sunset, the men of the city said to him:

What is sweeter than honey?

What is stronger than a lion?

So he said to them:

If you hadn’t plowed with my young cow,

you wouldn’t know my riddle now!

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What^H4100 is sweeter^H4966 than^H4480 honey^H1706?

And what^H4100 is stronger^H5794 than^H4480 a lion^H738?”

And he said^H559 to them,

“If^H3884 you had not plowed^H2790 with my heifer^H5697,

You would not have found^H4672 out^H4672 my riddle^H2420.”

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
And he said to them,
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have found out my riddle.”

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What^H4100 is sweeter^H4966 than^H4480 honey^H1706?

And what^H4100 is stronger^H5794 than^H4480 a lion^H738?”

And he said^H559 to them,

“If^H3884 you had not plowed^H2790 with my heifer^H5697,

You would not have found^H4672 out^H4672 my riddle^H2420.”

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

So the men of the city said to Samson on the seventh day before sundown,

“What is sweeter than honey?

What is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not plowed with [fn]my heifer,

You would not have solved my riddle.”

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle."

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them,

If ye had not plowed with my heifer,

Ye had not found out my riddle.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: -- 'What is sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: 'Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, You wouldn't have found out my riddle.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

et illi dixerunt ei die septimo ante solis occubitum quid dulcius melle et quid leone fortius qui ait ad eos si non arassetis in vitula mea non invenissetis propositionem meam

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِ شَمْسِ الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ قَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ: «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ، وَمَا هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنَ الأَسَدِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «لَوْلا أَنَّكُمْ حَرَثْتُمْ عَلَى عِجْلَتِي لَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّ أُحْجِيِّتِي».

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֨רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽי׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ πρὶν δῦναι τὸν ἥλιον τί γλυκύτερον μέλιτος καὶ τί ἰσχυρότερον λέοντος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαμψων εἰ μὴ κατεδαμάσατέ μου τὴν δάμαλιν οὐκ ἂν εὕρετε τὸ πρόβλημά μου

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابعِ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ: «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ، وَمَا أَجْفَى مِنَ الأَسَدِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَوْ لَمْ تَحْرُثُوا عَلَى عِجْلَتِي، لَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ أُحْجِيَّتِي».

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Y al séptimo día, antes que el sol se pusiese, los de la ciudad le dijeron: ¿Qué cosa más dulce que la miel? ¿Y qué cosa más fuerte que el león? Si no araseis con mi novilla, Nunca hubierais descubierto mi enigma.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Al séptimo día, antes que el sol se pusiese, los de la ciudad le dijeron: ¿Qué cosa más dulce que la miel? ¿Y qué cosa más fuerte que el león?
Y él les respondió: Si no araseis con mi novilla, Nunca hubierais descubierto mi enigma.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

到第七天、日頭未落以前、那城裡的人對參孫說、有甚麼比蜜還甜呢、有甚麼比獅子還強呢．參孫對他們說、你們若非用我的母牛犢耕地、就猜不出我謎語的意思來。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Y al séptimo día, antes de la puesta del sol, los hombres de la ciudad le contestaron: --¿Qué cosa es más dulce que la miel? ¿Y qué cosa es más fuerte que el león? Él les respondió: --Si no hubierais arado con mi vaquilla, no habríais descubierto mi adivinanza.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

제 칠일 해지기 전에 성읍 사람들이 삼손에게 이르되 무엇이 꿀보다 달겠으며 무엇이 사자보다 강하겠느냐 한지라 삼손이 그들에게 대답하되 너희가 내 암송아지로 밭갈지 아니하였더면 나의 수수께끼를 능히 풀지 못하였으리라 하니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Les gens de la ville dirent à Samson le septième jour, avant le coucher du soleil: Quoi de plus doux que le miel, et quoi de plus fort que le lion? Et il leur dit: Si vous n'aviez pas labouré avec ma génisse, vous n'auriez pas découvert mon énigme.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Da sprachen die Männer der Stadt zu ihm am siebenten Tage, ehe die Sonne unterging: Was ist süßer den Honig? Was ist stärker denn der Löwe? Aber er sprach zu ihnen: Wenn ihr nicht hättet mit meinem Kalb gepflügt, ihr hättet mein Rätsel nicht getroffen.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

И в седьмой день до захождения солнечного сказали ему граждане: что слаще меда, и что сильнее льва! Он сказал им: если бы вы не орали на моей телице, то не отгадали бы моей загадки.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Y al séptimo día, antes que el sol se pusiese, los de la ciudad le dijeron: ¿Qué cosa hay más dulce que la miel? ¿Y qué cosa hay más fuerte que el león? Y él les respondió: Si no araseis con mi novilla, nunca hubierais descubierto mi enigma.

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This Hebrew text is a digital version of the Leningrad Codex developed by the Westminster Hebrew Institute and made available by The J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research. This version is based on the January, 2016 WLC v4.20 release.

The morphology is provided by the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible project. Lemma and morphology data are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The text of the WLC remains in the Public Domain. See the LICENSE file at the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible project for more information.

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