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  14:1 ¶
And Samson{gr.Sampson} went down to Timnath{gr.Thamnatha}, and saw a woman in Timnath{gr.Thamnatha} of the daughters of the Philistines. |
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14:1 ¶
And Samson°
went down°°
to Timnath,°
and saw°°
a woman°
in Timnath°
of the daughters°°
of the Philistines.° |
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14:2
And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath{gr.Thamnatha} of the daughters of the Philistines{gr.Phylistines}; and now take her to me for a wife. |
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14:2
And he came up,°°
and told°°
his father°
and his mother,°
and said,°°
I have seen°°
a woman°
in Timnath°
of the daughters°°
of the Philistines:°
now°
therefore get°°
her for me to wife.° |
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14:3
And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and [is there not] a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson{gr.Sampson} said to his father, Take her for me, for she [is] right in my eyes. |
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14:3
Then his father°
and his mother°
said°°
unto him, [Is there] never°
a woman°
among the daughters°
of thy brethren,°
or among all°
my people,°
that°
thou°
goest°°
to take°°
a wife°
of the uncircumcised°
Philistines?°°
And Samson°
said°°
unto°
his father,°
Get°°
her for me; for°
she°
pleaseth me well.°°° |
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14:4
And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel. |
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14:4
But his father°
and his mother°
knew°°
not°
that°
it°
[was] of Yahweh,°°
that°
he°
sought°°
an occasion°
against the Philistines:°°
for at that°
time°
the Philistines°
had dominion°°
over Israel.° |
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14:5 ¶
And Samson{gr.Sampson} and his father and his mother went down to Timnath{gr.Thamnatha}, and he came to the vineyard of Timnath{gr.Thamnatha}; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him. |
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14:5 ¶
Then went°°
Samson°
down,°°°
and his father°
and his mother,°
to Timnath,°
and came°°
to°
the vineyards°
of Timnath:°
and, behold,°
a young°
lion°
roared°°
against°°
him. |
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14:6
And the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done. |
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14:6
And the Spirit°
of Yahweh°
came mightily°°
upon°
him, and he rent°°
him as he would have rent°°
a kid,°
and [he had] nothing°°
in his hand:°
but he told°°
not°
his father°
or his mother°°
what°
he had done.°° |
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14:7
And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson{gr.Sampson}. |
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14:7
And he went down,°°
and talked°°
with the woman;°
and she pleased°°
Samson°
well.°°°° |
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14:8 ¶
And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey [were] in the mouth of the lion. |
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14:8 ¶
And after a time°°
he returned°°
to take°°
her, and he turned aside°°
to see°°°
the carcase°
of the lion:°
and, behold,°
[there was] a swarm°
of bees°
and honey°
in the carcase°
of the lion.° |
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14:9
And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion. |
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14:9
And he took°°
thereof in°
his hands,°
and went on°°°
eating,°°
and came°°
to°
his father°
and mother,°
and he gave°°
them, and they did eat:°°
but he told°°
not°
them that°
he had taken°°
the honey°
out of the carcase°°
of the lion.° |
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14:10 ¶
And his father went down to the woman, and Samson{gr.Sampson} made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do. |
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14:10 ¶
So his father°
went down°°
unto°
the woman:°
and Samson°
made°°
there°
a feast;°
for°
so°
used the young men°
to do.°° |
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14:11
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him. |
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14:11
And it came to pass,°
when they saw°°
him, that they brought°°
thirty°
companions°
to be°
with°
him. |
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14:12 ¶
And Samson{gr.Sampson} said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment. |
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14:12 ¶
And Samson°
said°°
unto them, I will now°
put forth°°
a riddle°
unto you: if°
ye can certainly°°
declare°°
it me within the seven°
days°
of the feast,°
and find [it] out,°°
then I will give°°
you thirty°
sheets°
and thirty°
change°
of garments:° |
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14:13
And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it. |
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14:13
But if°
ye cannot°°°
declare°°
[it] me, then shall ye°
give°°
me thirty°
sheets°
and thirty°
change°
of garments.°
And they said°°
unto him, Put forth°°
thy riddle,°
that we may hear°°
it. |
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14:14
And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days. |
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14:14
And he said°°
unto them, Out of the eater°°°
came forth°°
meat,°
and out of the strong°°
came forth°°
sweetness.°
And they could°°
not°
in three°
days°
expound°°
the riddle.° |
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14:15
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Samson{gr.Sampson}, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence? |
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14:15
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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14:16
And Samson's{gr.Sampson} wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people thou hast not told me: and Samson{gr.Sampson} said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee? |
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14:16
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? |
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14:17
And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people. |
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14:17
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.° |
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14:18
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? and Samson{gr.Sampson} said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle. |
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14:18
And the men°°
of the city°
said°°
unto him on the seventh°
day°
before°
the sun°
went down,°°
What°
[is] sweeter°
than honey?°°
and what°
[is] stronger°
than a lion?°°
And he said°°
unto them, If°
ye had not plowed°°
with my heifer,°
ye had not°
found out°°
my riddle.° |
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14:19 ¶
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Askelon{gr.Ascalon}, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Samson{gr.Sampson} was very angry, and went up to the house of his father. |
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14:19 ¶
And the Spirit°
of Yahweh°
came°°
upon°
him, and he went down°°
to Ashkelon,°
and slew°°
thirty°
men°
of°
them, and took°°°
their spoil,°
and gave°°
change°
of garments°
unto them which expounded°°
the riddle.°
And his anger°
was kindled,°°
and he went up°°
to his father's°
house.° |
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14:20
And the wife of Samson{gr.Sampson} was [given] to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship. |
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14:20
But Samson's°
wife°
was°
[given] to his companion,°
whom°
he had used as his friend.°° |
