Discovery BoxJudges 14:12 
Context14:12 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
Context14:17 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
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.”
