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BSB § So he said to them:
 ⇔ “Out of the eater came something to eat,
⇔ and out of the strong came something sweet.”
§ For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB He said to them,
 ⇔ “Out of the eater came out food.
⇔ Out of the strong came out sweetness.”
¶ They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.

NET He said to them,
 ⇔ “Out of the one who eats came something to eat;
 ⇔ out of the strong one came something sweet.”
 ¶ They could not solve the riddle for three days.

LSV And he says to them: “Out of the eater came forth something to eat,
And out of the strong came forth [something] sweet”; and they were not able to declare the riddle [in] three days.

FBV “Food came out of the eater, and sweetness came out of the strong,” he said. Three days later they still hadn't worked it out.

T4T So he said,
 ⇔ “From the thing that eats came something to eat;
⇔ out of something strong came something sweet.”
§ But for three days they could not tell him the meaning of the riddle.

LEB  • He said to them,“From the eater came out food, •  From the strong came out sweet.”
¶ But they were unable to explain the riddle for three days.

BBE And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS And he said unto them: Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

ASV And he said unto them,
 ⇔ Out of the eater came forth food,
 ⇔ And out of the strong came forth sweetness.
§ And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

DRA And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

YLT And he saith to them: 'Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;' and they were not able to declare the riddle [in] three days.

DBY And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle.

RV And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

WBS And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

KJB And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

BB And he sayd vnto them: Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetnesse. And they coulde not in three dayes expounde the riddle.
  (And he said unto them: Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetnesse. And they could not in three days expounde the riddle.)

GNV And he sayd vnto them, Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetenesse: and they could not in three dayes expound the riddle.
  (And he said unto them, Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetenesse: and they could not in three days expound the riddle. )

CB He sayde vnto them: Meate wente out from the deuourer, and swetenesse from the mightie. And in thre dayes they coulde not expounde the ryddle.
  (He said unto them: Meate went out from the deuourer, and swetenesse from the mighty. And in three days they could not expounde the ryddle.)

WYC And he seide to hem, Mete yede out of the etere, and swetnesse yede out of the stronge. And bi thre daies thei myyten not assoile the `proposicioun, that is, the resoun set forth.
  (And he said to them, Mete went out of the etere, and swetnesse went out of the stronge. And by three days they mightn not assoile the `proposicioun, that is, the resoun set forth.)

LUT Er sprach zu ihnen: Speise ging von dem Fresser und Süßigkeit von dem Starken. Und sie konnten in dreien Tagen das Rätsel nicht erraten.
  (Er spoke to ihnen: food went from to_him Fresser and Süßigkeit from to_him Starken. And they/she/them could in threeen Tagen the Rätsel not erraten.)

CLV Dixitque eis: [De comedente exivit cibus, et de forti egressa est dulcedo.] Nec potuerunt per tres dies propositionem solvere.
  (And_he_said eis: [De comedente exivit cibus, and about forti egressa it_is dulcedo.] Nec potuerunt per tres dies propositionem solvere. )

BRN And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, τὶ βρωτὸν ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ βιβρώσκοντος, καὶ ἀπὸ ἰσχυροῦ γλυκύ· καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο ἀπαγγεῖλαι τὸ πρόβλημα ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας.
  (Kai eipen autois, ti brōton exaʸlthen ek bibrōskontos, kai apo isⱪurou gluku; kai ouk aʸdunanto apangeilai to problaʸma epi treis haʸmeras. )