9. So he scooped the honey out into his hands and ate it as he went along. When he came to his father and mother, he gave them some to eat, but he did not tell them that he had scooped the honey from the lion’s carcass.
10. His father also went down to the woman, and Samson gave a feast there, since it was customary for the young men to do this.
11. Out of their fear of him, they brought thirty men to be his companions.
12. Samson said to them, “Let me propose a riddle to you. If within the seven days of the feast you solve it for me, I will give you thirty linen tunics and thirty sets of garments.
13. But if you cannot answer it for me, you must give me thirty tunics and thirty sets of garments.” “Propose your riddle,” they responded, “and we will listen to it.”
14. So he said to them,“Out of the eater came food,out of the strong came sweetness.”For three days they were unable to answer the riddle,
15. and on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Trick your husband into solving the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your family. Did you invite us here to reduce us to poverty?”