Albert Barnes Commentary Judges 14:14-15

"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. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson`s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father`s house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not [so]?" — Judges 14:14-15 (ASV)

Three days ... on the seventh day - Proposed alterations, such as “six days ... on the fourth day,” are unnecessary if it is remembered that the narrator passes on first to the seventh day (Judges 14:15), and then goes back at Judges 14:16 and the beginning of Judges 14:17 to what happened on the 4th, 5th, and 6th days.

To take that we have - See the margin. They affirm that they were only invited to the wedding for the sake of plundering them by means of this riddle, and if Samson’s wife was a party to plundering her own countrymen, she should suffer for it.