Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 14:16

"And Samson`s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?" — Judges 14:16 (ASV)

Wept before him. —Samson’s riddle had the effect of making the whole wedding-feast of this ill-fated marriage one of the most embittered and least joyous that ever befell a bridegroom. This was a just punishment for his lawless desires, though God overruled them to His own ends. A weeping, teasing, fretting bride and sullen guests might have served as a warning that Philistine marriages were not good for the sons of Israel.