Judges 14:12-13
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. 14:13 But if you cannot solve it, 3 you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” 4
Judges 14:19
Context14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes 5 and gave them 6 to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. 7
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 “you are unable to tell me.”
4 tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”
5 tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”
6 tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”
7 tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”