Judges 14:16
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And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
In other translations
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
Hebrew words
וַתֵּבְךְּvatevekand she weptH1058אֵשֶׁת'eshet[the] wife ofH802שִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshonSamsonH8123עָלָיו'alavover himH5921וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559רַק־rak-onlyH7535שְׂנֵאתַנִיsenetaniyou hate meH8130וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808אֲהַבְתָּנִי'ahavtaniyou love meH157הַחִידָהhachidahthe riddleH2420חַדְתָּchadtayou have asked [the] riddleH2330לִבְנֵיlivneito [the] sons ofH1121עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971וְלִיveliand to <the> meלֹאlo'notH3808הִגַּדְתָּהhigadtahyou have toldH5046וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לָהּlahto <the> herהִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009לְאָבִיle'avito father myH1וּלְאִמִּיule'imiand to mother myH517לֹאlo'notH3808הִגַּדְתִּיhigadtiI have toldH5046וְלָךְvelakhand to <the> [why] youאַגִּיד׃'agidwill I tell?H5046
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Related verses
- Judges 16:15And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
- Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
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People and places
People: Samson