Parallel JDG 14:18

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BSB § Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson:
 ⇔ “What is sweeter than honey?
⇔ And what is stronger than a lion?”
§ So he said to them:
 ⇔ “If you had not plowed with my heifer,
⇔ you would not have solved my riddle!”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?”
¶ He said to them,
 ⇔ “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer,
⇔ you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”

NET On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him,
 ⇔ “What is sweeter than honey?
 ⇔ What is stronger than a lion?”
 ¶ He said to them,
 ⇔ “If you had not plowed with my heifer,
 ⇔ you would not have solved my riddle!”

LSV And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goes in: “What [is] sweeter than honey? And what [is] stronger than a lion?” And he says to them: “Unless you had plowed with my heifer,
You had not found out my riddle.”

FBV Before the sun set on the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson and said, “What's sweeter than honey? What's stronger than a lion?”
¶ “If you hadn't used my cow to plough with, you wouldn't have found out the meaning of my riddle,” Samson replied.

T4T So, before sunset on the seventh day, the young men came to Samson and said to him,
 ⇔ “What/Nothing is sweeter than honey [RHQ].
⇔ What/Nothing is stronger than a lion [RHQ]!”
¶ Samson replied, “You should not force a heifer to plow a field [MET].
 ⇔ Similarly, if you had not forced my bride to ask me about the riddle [MET],
⇔ you would not have known the answer to my riddle!”

LEB  • The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,“What is sweeter than honey? •  What is stronger than a lion?”
¶ And he said to them, • “If you had not plowed with my heifer, •  you would not have found out my riddle.”

BBE Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS 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 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.

DRA And they on the seventh day before the sun went down said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.

YLT And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: — 'What [is] sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: 'Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

DBY And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

RV 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.

WBS And the men of the city said to 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 to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

KJB 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.
  (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/you_all had not plowed with my heifer, ye/you_all had not found out my riddle. )

BB And the men of the citie sayd vnto him the seuenth day, before the sunne went downe: What is sweeter then hony? and what is stronger then a Lion? Then sayd he vnto them: Yf ye had not plowed with my heyffer, ye had not founde out my riddle.
  (And the men of the city said unto him the seventh day, before the sun went down: What is sweeter then honey? and what is stronger then a Lion? Then said he unto them: If ye/you_all had not plowed with my heyffer, ye/you_all had not found out my riddle.)

GNV And the men of ye citie sayde vnto him the seuenth day before the Sunne went downe, What is sweeter then honie? and what is stronger then a lyon? Then sayd hee vnto them, If yee had not plowed with my heiffer, yee had not found out my riddle.
  (And the men of ye/you_all city said unto him the seventh day before the Sunne went down, What is sweeter then honie? and what is stronger then a lyon? Then said he unto them, If ye/you_all had not plowed with my heiffer, ye/you_all had not found out my riddle. )

CB Then sayde the men of the cite vnto him vpon the seuenth daye oreuer the Sonne wente downe: What is sweter then hony? What is strouger then the lyon? But he sayde vnto the: Yf ye had not plowed wt my calfe, ye shulde not haue founde out my ryddle.
  (Then said the men of the cite unto him upon the seventh day oreuer the Son went down: What is sweter then honey? What is strouger then the lyon? But he said unto the: If ye/you_all had not plowed with my calfe, ye/you_all should not have found out my ryddle.)

WYC And thei seiden to hym in the seuenthe dai bifor the goyng doun of the sunne, What is swettere than hony, and what is strengere than a lioun? And he seide to hem, If ye hadden not erid in my cow calf, `that is, my wijf, ye hadden not founde my proposicioun.
  (And they said to him in the seventh day before the going down of the sunne, What is swettere than honey, and what is strengere than a lioun? And he said to them, If ye/you_all had not erid in my cow calf, `that is, my wife, ye/you_all had not found my proposicioun.)

LUT Da sprachen die Männer der Stadt zu ihm am siebenten Tage, ehe die Sonne unterging: Was ist süßer denn Honig? Was ist stärker denn der Löwe? Aber er sprach zu ihnen: Wenn ihr nicht hättet mit meinem Kalbe gepflüget, ihr hättet mein Rätsel nicht getroffen.
  (So said the men the city to him in/at/on_the siebenten Tage, before the sun unterging: What is süßer because Honig? What is stärker because the Löwe? But he spoke to ihnen: Wenn her not hättet with my Kalbe gepflüget, her hättet my Rätsel not getroffen.)

CLV 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.]
  (And illi dixerunt to_him die septimo ante solis occubitum: [Quid dulcius melle, and quid fortius leone?] Who he_said to them: [When/But_if not/no arassetis in vitula mea, not/no invenissetis propositionem meam.] )

BRN And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

BrLXX 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 Σαμψὼν, εἰ μὴ ἠροτριάσατε ἐν τῇ δαμάλει μου, οὐκ ἂν ἔγνωτε τὸ πρόβλημά μου.
  (Kai eipan autōi hoi andres taʸs poleōs en taʸ haʸmera taʸ hebdomaʸ pro tou anateilai ton haʸlion, ti glukuteron melitos, kai ti isⱪuroteron leontos? kai eipen autois Sampsōn, ei maʸ aʸrotriasate en taʸ damalei mou, ouk an egnōte to problaʸma mou. )