I speak with him(A) directly,[a]
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.(B)

So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 12:8 Lit mouth to mouth

With him I speak face to face,
    clearly and not in riddles;(A)
    he sees the form of the Lord.(B)
Why then were you not afraid
    to speak against my servant Moses?”(C)

Read full chapter

12 “Let me tell you a riddle,”(A) Samson said to them. “If you can explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and figure it out, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.

Read full chapter

12 “Let me tell you a riddle,(A)” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast,(B) I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.(C)

Read full chapter

I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.(A)

Read full chapter

I will turn my ear to a proverb;(A)
    with the harp(B) I will expound my riddle:(C)

Read full chapter

The Five Woe Oracles

Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,(A)
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say,
“Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?(B)
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”(C)

Read full chapter

“Will not all of them taunt(A) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(B)
    How long must this go on?’

Read full chapter