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Douay-Rheims
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And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.
King James
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And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Louis Second
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Les gens de la ville dirent à Samson le septième jour, avant le coucher du soleil: Quoi de plus doux que le miel, et quoi de plus fort que le lion? Et il leur dit: Si vous n'aviez pas labouré avec ma génisse, vous n'auriez pas découvert mon énigme
Martin Luther
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Da sprachen die Männer der Stadt zu ihm am siebenten Tage, ehe die Sonne unterging: Was ist süßer denn Honig? Was ist stärker denn der Löwe? Aber er sprach zu ihnen: Wenn ihr nicht hättet mit meinem Kalbe gepflüget, ihr hättet mein Rätsel nicht getroffen.
Vulgate
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et illi dixerunt ei die septimo ante solis occubitum quid dulcius melle et quid leone fortius qui ait ad eos si non arassetis in vitula mea non invenissetis propositionem meam

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


illi : (neut sing. dat.) i'd give my right arm FOR THOSE (cookies).
illi : (masc. sing. dat.) He sent FOR THAT (doctor).
illi : (masc. plur. nom.) THOSE (men) are loyal to the king.
illi : (fem sing. dat.) There is a statue IN THAT (abbey).
ante : (prep. + acc.) before/ in front of/ (adv.) before, previously.
quid : (question) what (thing)?.
quid : (+ genitive) how much? how many?.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
ait : he says.
si : if.
non : not.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.