Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 14:17

"And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people." — Judges 14:17 (ASV)

The seven days. —The margin suggests that it may mean the rest of the seven days. If not, it can only imply that mere feminine curiosity had induced Samson’s wife to weary her husband to tell her the secret from the first.

On the seventh day. —Perhaps he hoped that he might prevent her from finding an opportunity to betray his secret.

He told her. —Keep the door of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom (Micah 7:5).

She lay sore upon him —i.e., she grievously troubled him (Septuagint, Vulgate).

She told the riddle. —Perhaps she might have done so in any case, but she now had the excuse of violent menaces.