14 He replied,

“Out of the eater, something to eat;
    out of the strong, something sweet.”(A)

For three days they could not give the answer.

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15 On the fourth[a] day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax(A) your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death.(B) Did you invite us here to steal our property?”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 14:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew seventh

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