Thematic Bible: Riddle
Thematic Bible
Riddle » By agur
To the leech two daughters: Give, give. Behold, three shall not satisfied; four shall not say, Wealth: Hades; and the closed womb; the earth not filled with water; and fire said not, Wealth.
They three were wonderful above me; and four, I knew them not: The way of the eagle in the heavens; the way of the serpent upon the rock; the way of the ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. So the way of a woman committing adultery; eating and wiping her mouth, and saying, I transgressed not read more.
For three the earth was moved, and for four, which it shall not be able to lift up: For a servant when he shall reign; and the foolish one when he shall be filled with bread; For a hated woman when she shall be married and a maid when she shall inherit to her mistress. They four the small of the earth, and they are wise, being made wise: The ants a people not strong, and they will prepare their bread in the summer; The rabbits a people not strong, and they will set their house in the rock; To the locust no king, and it will go forth divided all of them; The lizard will take hold with their hands, and it is in the temples of the king. They three making good the step, and four, making good to go: The lion strong among cattle, and he will not turn back from the face of all; One girded in loins, or a he goat; and a king, no rising up with him.
For three the earth was moved, and for four, which it shall not be able to lift up: For a servant when he shall reign; and the foolish one when he shall be filled with bread; For a hated woman when she shall be married and a maid when she shall inherit to her mistress. They four the small of the earth, and they are wise, being made wise: The ants a people not strong, and they will prepare their bread in the summer; The rabbits a people not strong, and they will set their house in the rock; To the locust no king, and it will go forth divided all of them; The lizard will take hold with their hands, and it is in the temples of the king. They three making good the step, and four, making good to go: The lion strong among cattle, and he will not turn back from the face of all; One girded in loins, or a he goat; and a king, no rising up with him.
Riddle » Used as a test of wit: at samson's feast
And Samson will say to them, I will propose to you an enigma: if announcing, ye shall announce it to me in seven days of the drinking, and ye find out, and I will give to you thirty wide garments and thirty exchanges of garments: And if ye shall not be able to announce to me, and ye give me thirty wide garments and thirty exchanges of garments: and they will say to him, Propose thine enigma and we will hear it. And he will say to them, Out of him eating came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they were not able to announce the enigma in three days. read more.
And it will be in the seventh day, and they will say to Samson's wife, Persuade thy man and he shall announce to us the enigma, lest we shall burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye not call to us to possess us? And Samson's wife will weep upon him, and will say, Thou only hatedst me and lovedst me not: thou didst propose an enigma to the sons of my people, and to me thou didst not announce it. And he will say to her, Behold, to my father and to my mother I announced it not, and shall I announce to thee? And she will weep upon him seven days which were to them of the drinking: and it will be in the seventh day, and he will announce to her, for she urged him: and she will announce the enigma to the sons of her people. And the men of the city will say to him in the seventh day before the sun will go down, What is sweet above honey? and what is strong above the lion? and he will say to them, Unless ye ploughed with my heifer ye found not out my enigma.
And it will be in the seventh day, and they will say to Samson's wife, Persuade thy man and he shall announce to us the enigma, lest we shall burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye not call to us to possess us? And Samson's wife will weep upon him, and will say, Thou only hatedst me and lovedst me not: thou didst propose an enigma to the sons of my people, and to me thou didst not announce it. And he will say to her, Behold, to my father and to my mother I announced it not, and shall I announce to thee? And she will weep upon him seven days which were to them of the drinking: and it will be in the seventh day, and he will announce to her, for she urged him: and she will announce the enigma to the sons of her people. And the men of the city will say to him in the seventh day before the sun will go down, What is sweet above honey? and what is strong above the lion? and he will say to them, Unless ye ploughed with my heifer ye found not out my enigma.