Judges 14:12

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ¹  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ²  of clothes.

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ³  until the party was almost over. ⁴  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ⁵  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

² tn Heb “changes.”

³ tn Heb “on him.”

⁴ tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

⁵ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

⁶ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”