Parallel JDG 14:16

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BSB § Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.”
§ “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it to me.”
¶ He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”

NET So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder and said, “You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?”

LSV And Samson’s wife weeps for it and says, “You have only hated me, and have not loved me; you have put forth the riddle to the sons of my people, but have not declared it to me”; and he says to her, “Behold, I have not declared [it] to my father and to my mother—and I declare [it] to you?”

FBV So Samson's wife went crying to him, saying, “You really do hate me, don't you! You don't love me at all! You have posed a riddle to my people, but haven't even explained it to me.”
¶ “So?” he replied. “I haven't even explained it to my father or mother! Why should I explain it to you?”

T4T So Samson’s wife came to him, crying, and said to him, “You do not really love me. You hate me! You have told a riddle to my friends, but you have not told me the meaning of the riddle!”
¶ He replied, “I have not told the meaning of the riddle even to my mother and father, so why should I tell it to you?”

LEB And Samson’s wife wept before him, and she said, “You must hate me; you do not love me. You told the riddle to my people,[fn] but you have not explainedit to me.” He said to her, “I have not explained it to my father and mother. Why should I explain it to you?”

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BBE Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or my mother; am I to give it to you?

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS And Samson's wife wept before him, and said: 'Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and wilt thou not tell it me?' And he said unto her: 'Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?'

ASV And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?

DRA So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother, and how can I tell it to thee?

YLT And Samson's wife weepeth for it, and saith, 'Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people — and to me thou hast not declared it;' and he saith to her, 'Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared [it] — and to thee I declare [it]!'

DBY And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain it to thee?

RV And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

WBS And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast proposed a riddle to the children of my people, and hast not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor to my mother, and shall I tell it to thee?

KJB And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
  (And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest/love me not: thou/you hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? )

BB And Samsons wyfe wept before him and sayd, Surely thou hatest me and louest me not: for thou hast put foorth a riddle vnto the children of my folke, and hast not tolde it me. And he sayde vnto her: Beholde, I haue not tolde it my father and my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
  (And Samsons wife wept before him and said, Surely thou/you hatest me and lovest/love me not: for thou/you hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my folke, and hast not tolde it me. And he said unto her: Behold, I have not tolde it my father and my mother, and shall I tell it thee?)

GNV And Samsons wife wept before him, and said, Surely thou hatest mee and louest mee not: for thou hast put forth a riddle vnto the children of my people, and hast not told it mee. And hee sayd vnto her, Beholde, I haue not told it my father, nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
  (And Samsons wife wept before him, and said, Surely thou/you hatest mee and lovest/love mee not: for thou/you hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it mee. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father, nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? )

CB Then wepte Samsons wife before him, and sayde: Thou art displeased at me, and louest me not: thou hast expressed a darke sentence vnto the children of my people, and hast not tolde it me. But he sayde vnto her: Beholde, I haue not tolde it vnto my father and mother, and shulde I tell it the?
  (Then wept Samsons wife before him, and said: Thou art displeased at me, and lovest/love me not: thou/you hast expressed a darke sentence unto the children of my people, and hast not tolde it me. But he said unto her: Behold, I have not tolde it unto my father and mother, and should I tell it the?)

WYC And sche schedde teerys at Sampson, and pleynede, and seide, Thou hatist me, and louest not, therfor thou nylt expowne to me the probleme, which thou settidist forth to the sones of my puple. And he answeride, Y nolde seie to my fadir and modir, and schal Y mow schewe to thee?
  (And she schedde teerys at Sampson, and pleynede, and said, Thou hatist me, and lovest/love not, therefore thou/you nylt expowne to me the probleme, which thou/you settidist forth to the sons of my people. And he answered, I nolde say to my father and modir, and shall I mow show to thee?)

LUT Da weinete Simsons Weib vor ihm und sprach: Du bist mir gram und hast mich nicht lieb. Du hast den Kindern meines Volks ein Rätsel aufgegeben und hast mir‘s nicht gesagt. Er aber sprach zu ihr: Siehe, ich habe es meinem Vater und meiner Mutter nicht gesagt und sollte dir‘s sagen?
  (So cried Simsons woman before/in_front_of him and spoke: You bist to_me gram and hast me not lieb. You hast the Kindern meines peoples a Rätsel aufgegeben and hast mir‘s not gesagt. Er but spoke to ihr: Siehe, I have it my father and my Mutter not gesagt and sollte dir‘s say?)

CLV Quæ fundebat apud Samson lacrimas, et quærebatur, dicens: Odisti me, et non diligis: idcirco problema, quod proposuisti filiis populi mei, non vis mihi exponere. At ille respondit: Patri meo et matri nolui dicere: et tibi indicare potero?
  (Quæ fundebat apud Samson lacrimas, and quærebatur, dicens: Odisti me, and not/no diligis: idcirco problema, that proposuisti childrens populi mei, not/no you_want mihi exponere. At ille respondit: Patri mine and matri nolui dicere: and to_you indicare potero? )

BRN And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people, thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?

BrLXX Καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ἡ γυνὴ Σαμψὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ εἶπε, πλὴν μεμίσηκάς με καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησάς με, ὅτι τὸ πρόβλημα ὃ προεβάλου τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ μου, οὐκ ἀπήγγειλάς μοι αὐτό· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Σαμψὼν, εἰ τῷ πατρί μου καὶ τῇ μητρί μου οὐκ ἀπήγγελκα, σοὶ ἀπαγγείλω;
  (Kai eklausen haʸ gunaʸ Sampsōn pros auton, kai eipe, plaʸn memisaʸkas me kai ouk aʸgapaʸsas me, hoti to problaʸma ho proebalou tois huiois tou laou mou, ouk apaʸngeilas moi auto; kai eipen autaʸ Sampsōn, ei tōi patri mou kai taʸ maʸtri mou ouk apaʸngelka, soi apangeilō? )