Judges 14:9
“And hee tooke thereof in his handes, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and hee gaue them, and they did eate: but he told not them that he had taken the hony out of the carkeis of the Lion.”
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Judges 14:9 Context
7And hee went downe and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. 8¶ And after a time hee returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carkeis of the Lion: and beholde, there was a swarme of Bees, and honie in the carkeis of the Lion. 9And hee tooke thereof in his handes, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and hee gaue them, and they did eate: but he told not them that he had taken the hony out of the carkeis of the Lion. 10¶ So his father went downe vnto the woman, and Samson made there a feast: for so vsed the young men to doe. 11And it came to passe when they saw him, that they brought thirtie companions to be with him.
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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.
- King James Version
So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave {some} to them and they ate {it;} but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.
- New American Standard Version (1995)