KJV King James Version
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 14:8
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
WEB World English Bible
After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
ASV American Standard Version
And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he turneth back after some days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees are in the body of the lion—and honey.
Surrounding context — Judges 14
5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
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וַיָּ֤שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnמִיָּמִים֙H3117 · yomdayלְקַחְתָּ֔הּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוַיָּ֣סַרH5493 · surto turn aside: removeלִרְא֔וֹתH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]מַפֶּ֣לֶתH4658 · map.pe.letcarcassהָאַרְיֵ֑הH738 · a.rilionוְהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdעֲדַ֧תH5712 · e.dahcongregationדְּבוֹרִ֛יםH1682 · de.vo.rahbeeבִּגְוִיַּ֥תH1472 · ge.viy.yahbodyהָאַרְיֵ֖הH738 · a.rilionוּדְבָֽשׁ׃H1706 · de.vashhoney
Cross-references
Genesis 29:21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
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