Judges 14:16 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NASB

So Samson’s wife wept in front of him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have proposed a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Wept before him. —Samson’s riddle had the effect of making the whole wedding-feast of this ill-fated marriage one of the most embi…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And Samson's wife wept before him
When she came to him to get out of him the explanation of the riddle, thinking tha…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Samson's riddle literally meant no more than that he had got honey, for food and for pleasure, from the lion, which in its strength and fury was re…