Judges 14:16
Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it to me.” He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”Judges 14:16 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ન્યાયાધીશો ૧૪:૧૬
- સામસૂનની પત્ની તેની આગળ રડવા લાગી, “તું જે સર્વ કરે છે તે દ્વારા મને ધિક્કારતો હોય એવું લાગે છે! તું મને પ્રેમ કરતો નથી. તેં મારા કેટલાક લોકોને ઉખાણું કહ્યું, પણ તેં મને તેનો જવાબ કહ્યો નથી.” સામસૂને તેને કહ્યું, “અહીંયાં જો, મેં મારા માતાપિતાને કહ્યું નથી, તો શું હું તને કહું?”
- हिन्दी — न्यायियों १४:१६
- तब शिमशोन की पत्नी यह कहकर उसके सामने रोने लगी, “तू तो मुझसे प्रेम नहीं, बैर ही रखता है; कि तूने एक पहेली मेरी जाति के लोगों से तो कही है, परन्तु मुझ को उसका अर्थ भी नहीं बताया।” उसने कहा, “मैंने उसे अपनी माता या पिता को भी नहीं बताया, फिर क्या मैं तुझको बता दूँ?”
In context
14He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
15On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Isn’t that so?”
16Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it to me.” He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”
17She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed him severely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18The 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?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
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