...in case they resolved it, he would bestow upon them thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment : " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." For some time they were absolutely puzzled how to resolve the difficulty ; but Samson having improvidently...

...garments. And they said unto him, put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it." " And he said unto them : Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle." " And it came to pass on the seventh day, that...

...TfbvvavTO aTrayyfîXai то ярарХгцш «Vi rpds rjfífpas. Au. Ver. — 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. The strong. Houb , Pa/rich, Ged., Booth— The...

...and honey in the carcass of the lion, and, following this, formulates a riddle for the Philistines: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." Held argues convincingly that the bees represent the poems, as well as illustrating the story and functioning...

...had not found out my riddle. BIBLE: HEBREW, Samson, in fudges, 14:18. To the men who had answered his riddle, "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About...

...Philistians understand me nos: the allusion is to Judg. 14: 14. The Philistines could not solve Samson's riddle: 'Out of the eater came forth meat. And out of the strong came forth sweetness.' Puritans helieved that the language of their spiritual experience was foreign to the worldly. They...

...employed by Frazer and others. And it is true that there are countless examples. There is Samson's neck riddle "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness" (Judg. 14:14; for representative discussions, see Torcszyner 1924:126-35 and Porter 1962); there is...

...him an idea for a riddle, which he poses to thirty Philistine guests at his lengthy wedding feast: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." There is a wager between Samson and the thirty Philistine relatives and friends of the bride's family:...

...celebration were thirty young Philistine men guests. Samson proposed a riddle unto them. Now the riddle was: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." Samson suggested that in seven days if they could answer his riddle, he would give them thirty sheets...

...toned down the Scriptures' sexual implications. For example, Samson's indecipherable lion-and-honey riddle, "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness" (Judg. 14: 14) is an oral sex double entendre entirely appropriate to the circumstances. As Old Testament...