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The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
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Verse 18. Down, at which time the day ended among the Jews.—Heifer. This proverbial expression means, that another’s property had been used against himself; (Delrio adag.162) or it may intimate, that improper liberties had been taken with Samson’s wife, ( Calmet.) as her so readily taking one of them for her husband, (verse 20) might lead us to suspect. Bible.—The Greek and Latin authors speak of a faithless wife in similar terms. Theognis. lviii. and so forth
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