Judges 14:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.”
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“She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And she weepeth for it the seven days <FI>in<Fi> which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth <FI>it<Fi> to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 14:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Judges 16:6So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
- Judges 16:13Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
- Judges 16:16Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
- Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- 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.
- Luke 11:8I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
- Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
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