Judges 14:12
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| Overview - Judges 14 | |
| 1 | Samson desires a wife of the Philistines. |
| 6 | In his journey he kills a lion. |
| 8 | In a second journey he finds honey in the carcase. |
| 10 | Samson's marriage feast. |
| 12 | His riddle by his wife is made known. |
| 19 | He spoils thirty Philistines. |
| 20 | His wife is married to another. |
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Judges 14:12 (King James Version)
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- a riddle
- 1 Kings 10:1 ; Psalms 49:4 ; Proverbs 1:6 ; Ezekiel 17:2 ; 20:49 Matthew 13:13 Matthew 13:34 ; Luke 14:7
- John 16:29 ; 1 Corinthians 13:12 ; *marg:
- the seven
- Genesis 29:27 Genesis 29:28 ; 2 Chronicles 7:8
- sheets
- or, shirts.
- This will receive illustration from Mr. Jackson's description of the Moorish dress:--"It resembles that of the ancient patriarchs, as represented in paintings; (but the paintings are taken from Asiatic models:) that of the men consists of a red cap and turban, a ({kumja}) shirt, which hangs outside of the drawers, and comes below the knee; a ({caftan}) coat, which buttons close before, and down to the bottom with large open sleeves; over which, when they go out of doors, they throw carelessly, and sometimes elegantly, a {hayk,} or garment of white cotton, silk, or wool, five or six yards long, and five feet wide. The Arabs often dispense with the {caftan,} and even with the shirt, wearing nothing but the
- {hayk.}" Matthew 27:28 ; Mark 14:51 Mark 14:52
- change
- Genesis 45:22 ; 2 Kings 5:5 2 Kings 5:22 ; Matthew 6:19 ; James 5:2