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Judges 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.

KJV

Et illi dixerunt ei die septimo ante solis occubitum : Quid dulcius melle, et quid fortius leone ? Qui ait ad eos : Si non arassetis in vitula mea, non invenissetis propositionem meam.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ πρὸ τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν ἥλιον Τί γλυκύτερον μέλιτος, καὶ τί ἰσχυρότερον λέοντος; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαμψών Εἰ μὴ ἠροτριάσατε ἐν τῇ δαμάλει μου, οὐκ ἂν ἔγνωτε τὸ πρόβλημά μου.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל/וֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָ/עִ֜יר בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּ/טֶ֨רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַ/חַ֔רְסָ/ה מַה מָּת֣וֹק מִ/דְּבַ֔שׁ וּ/מֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵ/אֲרִ֑י וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּ/עֶגְלָתִ֔/י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דְבָֽשׁ
dbsh
noun · 53×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
חִידָ֖ה
chydh
noun · 17×
חָ֑רֶס
chrs
noun · 4×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
טֶ֣רֶם
trm
adverb · 56×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
לוּלֵ֣י
lvly
conjunction · 14×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מָת֥וֹק
mtvq
adjective · 12×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֶגְלַ֣ת
'glt
noun · 14×
עָ֑ז
'z
noun · 24×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 1:23 — Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
  • Ps 81:16 — He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.