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Judges 14:9

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He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.

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Judges 14:9 in other translations

And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

Judges 14:9 · American Standard Version

Judges 14:9 in context

  1. 7He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
  2. 8After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
  3. 9He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.
  4. 10His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.
  5. 11When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.