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Parallel JDG 14:15

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BI Jdg 14:15 ©

OET (OET-RV)No OET-RV JDG 14:15 verse available

OET-LVAnd_he/it_was in_the_day the_seventh and_they_said to_wife of_Shimshvon entice DOM your(fs)_man/husband and_tell to/for_us DOM the_riddle lest we_should_burn DOM_you and_DOM the_house father’s_your in/on/at/with_fire the_to_rob_us did_you_all_invite to/for_us not.

UHBוַ⁠יְהִ֣י ׀ בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠שְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֤וּ לְ⁠אֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗⁠ךְ וְ⁠יַגֶּד־לָ֨⁠נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣⁠חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛⁠ךְ וְ⁠אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖י⁠ךְ בָּ⁠אֵ֑שׁ הַ⁠לְ⁠יָרְשֵׁ֕⁠נוּ קְרָאתֶ֥ם לָ֖⁠נוּ הֲ⁠לֹֽא׃ 
   (va⁠yəhiy ba⁠yyōm ha⁠shshəⱱīˊiy va⁠yyoʼmərū lə⁠ʼēshet-shimshōn pattiy ʼet-ʼīshē⁠k və⁠yagged-lā⁠nū ʼet-ha⁠ḩīdāh pen-nisrof ʼōtā⁠k və⁠ʼet-bēyt ʼāⱱiy⁠k bā⁠ʼēsh ha⁠lə⁠yārəshē⁠nū qərāʼtem lā⁠nū hₐ⁠loʼ.)

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Now it happened on the seventh day that they said to the wife of Samson, “Entice your husband so he may reveal to us the riddle, lest we burn you and the house of your father with fire. Have you invited us in order to dispossess us or not?”

UST On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Use your tricks and make your husband tell you the meaning of the riddle. If you do not do that, we will burn down your father’s house, with you and your family inside it! Did you invite us here only to make us poor by forcing us to buy a lot of clothes for your husband?”


BSB So on the fourth [fn] day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”


14:15 LXX and Syriac; Hebrew seventh

OEBNo OEB JDG book available

WEB On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Isn’t that so?”

NET On the fourth day they said to Samson’s bride, “Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father’s family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?”

LSV And it comes to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he declare the riddle to us, lest we burn you and the house of your father with fire; have you not called for us [here] to rob us?”

FBV On the fourth[fn] day they came to Samson's wife and told her, “Use your charms to get your husband to explain the riddle and then tell us, or we'll burn you and all your family to death. Did you bring us here just to rob us?”


14:15 “Fourth”: Septuagint reading. Hebrew “seventh.”

T4T On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s bride, “Ask your husband to tell you the meaning of the riddle. If you do not do that, we will burn down your father’s house, with you inside it! Did you invite us here only to make us poor by forcing us to buy a lot of clothes for your husband?”

LEB When it was the fourth[fn] day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband and tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to rob us?”


?:? Hebrew “seventh”; other ancient translations have “fourth”

BBE So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?

MOFNo MOF JDG book available

JPS And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife: 'Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire; have ye called us hither to impoverish us?'

ASV And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not so?

DRA And when the seventh day came, they said to the wife of Samson: Soothe thy husband, and persuade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth. But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and thy father’s house. Have you called us to the wedding on purpose to strip us?

YLT And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson's wife, 'Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?'

DBY And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, — is it not [so]?

RV And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not so?

WBS And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take what we possess? is it not so ?

KJB And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?[fn]
  (And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy/your husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy/your father’s house with fire: have ye/you_all called us to take that we have? is it not so?)


14.15 take…: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?

BB And whe the seuenth day was come, they sayd vnto Samsons wyfe: Flatter thyne husband that he may declare vs the riddle, lest we burne thee and thy fathers house with fire: Haue ye called vs hyther, to make vs beggers? is it not so?
  (And whe the seventh day was come, they said unto Samsons wife: Flatter thine/your husband that he may declare us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy/your fathers house with fire: Have ye/you_all called us hither, to make us beggars? is it not so?)

GNV And when the seuenth day was come, they said vnto Samsons wife, Entise thine husband, that he may declare vs the riddle, lest wee burne thee and thy fathers house with fire. Haue ye called vs, to possesse vs? is it not so?
  (And when the seventh day was come, they said unto Samsons wife, Entise thine/your husband, that he may declare us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy/your fathers house with fire. Have ye/you_all called us, to possess us? is it not so? )

CB Vpon the seuenth daye they sayde vnto Samsons wife: Persuade thy husbade, that he tell vs what the ryddle meaneth, or els we shal burne the and thy fathers house with fyre. Haue ye called vs hither, to brynge vs to pouerte?
  (Upon the seventh day they said unto Samsons wife: Persuade thy/your husbade, that he tell us what the ryddle meaneth, or else we shall burn the and thy/your fathers house with fyre. Have ye/you_all called us hither, to bring us to pouerte?)

WYC And whanne the seuenthe dai cam, thei seiden to `the wijf of Sampson, Glose thin hosebonde, and counseile hym, that he schewe to thee what the probleme signyfieth. That if thou nylt do, we schulen brenne thee and `the hous of thi fadir. Whether herfor ye clepiden vs to weddyngis, that ye schulden robbe vs?
  (And when the seventh day came, they said to `the wife of Sampson, Glose thin husband, and counseile him, that he show to thee what the probleme signyfieth. That if thou/you nylt do, we should brenne thee and `the house of thy/your father. Whether herfor ye/you_all called us to weddyngis, that ye/you_all should robbe us?)

LUT Am siebenten Tage sprachen sie zu Simsons Weibe: Überrede deinen Mann, daß er uns sage das Rätsel, oder wir werden dich und deines Vaters Haus mit Feuer verbrennen. Habt ihr uns hieher geladen, daß ihr uns arm machet, oder nicht?
  (At_the siebenten days said they/she/them to Simsons Weibe: Überrede deinen Mann, that he uns sage the Rätsel, or wir become you/yourself and deines Vaters Haus with fire verbrennen. Habt her uns hieher geladen, that her uns arm machet, or nicht?)

CLV Cumque adesset dies septimus, dixerunt ad uxorem Samson: Blandire viro tuo et suade ei ut indicet tibi quid significet problema: quod si facere nolueris, incendemus te, et domum patris tui: an idcirco vocastis nos ad nuptias ut spoliaretis?
  (Cumque adesset dies septimus, dixerunt to wife Samson: Blandire to_the_man tuo and suade to_him as indicet to_you quid significet problema: that when/but_if facere nolueris, incendemus you(sg), and home patris tui: an idcirco vocastis nos to nuptias as spoliaretis? )

BRN And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ, καὶ εἶπαν τῇ γυναικὶ Σαμψὼν, ἀπάτησον δὴ τὸν ἄνδρα σου, καὶ ἀπαγγειλάτω σοι τὸ πρόβλημα, μή ποτε κατακαύσωμέν σε καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου ἐν πυρί· ἢ ἐκβιᾶσαι ἡμᾶς κεκλήκατε;
  (Kai egeneto en taʸ haʸmera taʸ tetartaʸ, kai eipan taʸ gunaiki Sampsōn, apataʸson daʸ ton andra sou, kai apangeilatō soi to problaʸma, maʸ pote katakausōmen se kai ton oikon tou patros sou en puri; aʸ ekbiasai haʸmas keklaʸkate? )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

14:14-19 Israel’s hero, like Sisera, was defeated by a woman (4:21; see study note on 8:20-21).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-ordinal

(Occurrence 0) the fourth day

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshvon's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )

“day 4”

(Occurrence 0) Trick

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshvon's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )

mislead or fool someone into doing something they would not want to do

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) your father’s house

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshvon's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )

This could mean: (1) this refers to the actual house. Alternate translation: “the house your father and his family live in” or (2) “house” refers to the people who live in it. Alternate translation: “your family”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) will burn up

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshvon's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )

The phrase “burn up” means to burn something completely. If a person is “burnt up,” it means that person is burned to death.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Did you invite us here in order to make us poor?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshvon's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )

They ask her this question to accuse her of doing evil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “You have brought us here to make us poor!”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) to make us poor

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshvon's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )

They would become poor if they had to buy him new clothes if they could not solve the riddle. Alternate translation: “to make us poor by forcing us to buy him new clothes”

BI Jdg 14:15 ©