Jueces 14:12

12 —Permítanme proponerles una adivinanza —les dijo Sansón—. Si me dan la solución dentro de los siete días que dura el banquete, yo les daré treinta vestidos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa de fiesta.

Jueces 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 14:12

And Samson said unto them
His thirty companions, very likely on the first day of the feast:

I will now put forth a riddle to you:
a secret, hidden, abstruse thing, not easy to be understood; a dark saying, wrapped up in figurative terms; and this he proposed as an amusement to them, to exercise their wits, which it seems was usual to entertain guests with, and might be both pleasing and profitable:

if you can certainly declare it unto me within the seven days of the
feast;
for so long the nuptial feast was usually kept, see ( Genesis 29:27 Genesis 29:28 ) . If they could find it out; and with clearness and certainty explain the riddle to him within that period of time, which was giving them time enough to do it in:

then I will give you thirty sheets, and thirty change of garments:
that is, every man one of each. By "sheets" he means, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it, a covering of the body in the night next to the flesh, in which a man lies, and was made of linen; meaning either what we call shirts, or bed sheet, and by change of raiment, a suit of clothes worn in the daytime.

Jueces 14:12 In-Context

10 Después de eso su padre fue a ver a la mujer. Allí Sansón ofreció un banquete, como era la costumbre entre los jóvenes.

11 Cuando los filisteos lo vieron, le dieron treinta compañeros para que estuvieran con él.

12 —Permítanme proponerles una adivinanza —les dijo Sansón—. Si me dan la solución dentro de los siete días que dura el banquete, yo les daré treinta vestidos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa de fiesta.

13 Pero si no me la dan, serán ustedes quienes me darán los treinta vestidos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa de fiesta.—Dinos tu adivinanza —le respondieron—, que te estamos escuchando.

14 Entonces les dijo:«Del que come salió comida;y del fuerte salió dulzura».Pasaron tres días y no lograron resolver la adivinanza.