Judges 14:15 Meaning and Explanation
“And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?”
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Read Full Chapter →Unable to solve it, the companions threaten Samson's wife to coax the answer from him or be burned with her family.
What Does Judges 14:15 Mean?
As the deadline nears, the companions turn to Samson's wife with a cruel demand. She is to entice her husband to reveal the riddle, or they will burn her and her father's house with fire. They even accuse the hosts of inviting them only to rob them.
The festive contest has curdled into menace. Unable to win honestly, the men reach for threat and force. The wife is caught between her own people and her husband, pressed by fear for her life and her family. The verse exposes how quickly wounded pride turns to cruelty, and how the innocent are pressured when others refuse to lose fairly. It is a sober picture of the violence that hides just beneath the surface of human rivalry.
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What does Judges 14:15 mean?
Unable to solve it, the companions threaten Samson's wife to coax the answer from him or be burned with her family.