So Samson’s wife came to him in tears and said, “You don’t love me; you hate me! You have given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.” “I haven’t even given the answer to my father or mother,” he replied. “Why should I tell you?”

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

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

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

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…