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Judges 14:15

So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”

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ASV

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not so?

KJV

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֣י׀vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637 →
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
לְאֵֽשֶׁת־le.'e.shet-to [the] wife ofH802 →
שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnSamsonH8123 →
פַּתִּ֣יpa.TienticeH6601 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אִישֵׁ֗ךְ'i.Shekhhusband yourH376 →
וְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-so may he tellH5046 →
לָ֙נוּ֙la.nuto <the> us
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַ֣חִידָ֔הha.chi.Dahthe riddleH2420 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
נִשְׂרֹ֥ףnis.Rofwe should burnH8313 →
אוֹתָ֛ךְ'o.Takh<obj.> youH853 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
אָבִ֖יךְ'a.Vikhfather yourH1 →
בָּאֵ֑שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּhal.ya.re.She.nu¿ to impoverish usH3423 →
קְרָאתֶ֥םke.ra.Temdid you inviteH7121 →
לָ֖נוּLa.nu<to> <the> us
הֲלֹֽא׃ha.Lo'¿ [is it] not [so]H3808 →

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Judges 15:6“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.Judges 16:5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.Judges 15:3Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,Genesis 3:1–6Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.Judges 12:1Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.1 Corinthians 2:4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

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Samson Slays a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Samson Slays a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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