Judges 14:12
“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
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:
Note sheets: or, shirts
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it unto me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a riddle
- 1 Kings 10:1; Psalm 49:4; Proverbs 1:6; Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel 20:49; Matthew 13:13, 34; Luke 14:7; John 16:29; 1 Corinthians 13:12
- the seven
- Genesis 29:27, 28; 2 Chronicles 7:8
- sheets
- or, shirts. This will receive illustration from Mr. Jackson's description of the Moorish dress:--"It resembles that of the ancient patriarchs, as represented in paintings; (but the paintings are taken from Asiatic models:) that of the men consists of a red cap and turban, a ({kumja}) shirt, which hangs outside of the drawers, and comes below the knee; a ({caftan}) coat, which buttons close before, and down to the bottom with large open sleeves; over which, when they go out of doors, they throw carelessly, and sometimes elegantly, a {hayk,} or garment of white cotton, silk, or wool, five or six yards long, and five feet wide. The Arabs often dispense with the {caftan,} and even with the shirt, wearing nothing but the {hayk.}"
- Matthew 27:28; Mark 14:51, 52
- change
- Genesis 45:22; 2 Kings 5:5, 22; Matthew 6:19; James 5:2