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Description: Leviticus 2:5
NET Translation: If your offering is a grain offering made on the gRiddle, it must be choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, unleavened.
DARBY Translation: And if thine offering be an oblation [baken] on the pan, it shall be fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
KJV Translation: And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
Description: Leviticus 6:21
NET Translation: It must be made with olive oil on a gRiddle and you must bring it well soaked, so you must present a grain offering of broken pieces as a soothing aroma to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: It shall be prepared in the pan with oil: saturated with oil shalt thou bring it: baken pieces of the oblation shalt thou present [for] a sweet odour to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: In a pan it shall be made with oil; [and when it is] baken, thou shalt bring it in: [and] the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Keywords: Meat, Meal, Grain, Offering
Description: Leviticus 7:9
NET Translation: Every grain offering which is baked in the oven or made in the pan or on the gRiddle belongs to the priest who presented it.
DARBY Translation: And every oblation that is baken in the oven, and all that is prepared in the cauldron and in the pan, shall be the priest's who offereth it; to him it shall belong.
KJV Translation: And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.
Keywords: Riddles, Dark Sayings
Description: Numbers 12:8
NET Translation: With him I will speak face to face, openly and not in Riddles, and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
DARBY Translation: Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in Riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
KJV Translation: With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Keywords: Riddle, Seven
Description: Judges 14:12
NET Translation: Samson said to them, “I will give you a Riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.
DARBY Translation: And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a Riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.
KJV Translation: And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a Riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Verse Intro: Samson Puts Forth a Riddle
Description: Judges 14:13
NET Translation: But if you cannot solve it, you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your Riddle.”
DARBY Translation: But if ye cannot explain [it] to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Propound thy Riddle, that we may hear it.
KJV Translation: But if ye cannot declare [it] me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy Riddle, that we may hear it.
Keywords: Three
Description: Judges 14:14
NET Translation: He said to them, “Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet.” They could not solve the Riddle for three days.
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the Riddle.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the Riddle.
Description: Judges 14:15
NET Translation: On the fourth day they said to Samson’s bride, “Trick your husband into giving the solution to the Riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father’s family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the Riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, is it not [so]?
KJV Translation: 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]?
Description: Judges 14:16
NET Translation: So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder and said, “You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a Riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?”
DARBY Translation: And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the Riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain it to thee?
KJV Translation: And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a Riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told [it] me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told [it] my father nor my mother, and shall I tell [it] thee?
Description: Judges 14:17
NET Translation: She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the Riddle.
DARBY Translation: And she wept before him the seven days, while they had the feast. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he explained it to her, for she pressed him. And she explained the Riddle to the children of her people.
KJV Translation: And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the Riddle to the children of her people.
Description: Judges 14:18
NET Translation: On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my Riddle!”
DARBY Translation: And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my Riddle.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Judges 14:19
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the Riddle. He was furious as he went back home.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the Riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the Riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
Keywords: Ark, Ear
Description: Psalms 49:4
NET Translation: I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
DARBY Translation: I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my Riddle upon the harp.
KJV Translation: I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Keywords: Ark
Description: Psalms 78:2
NET Translation: I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.
DARBY Translation: I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter Riddles from of old,
KJV Translation: I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Keywords: Ark
Description: Proverbs 1:6
NET Translation: To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their Riddles. Introduction to the Theme of the Book
DARBY Translation: to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
KJV Translation: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Keywords: Parable, Son
Description: Ezekiel 17:2
NET Translation: “Son of man, offer a Riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.
DARBY Translation: Son of man, put forth a Riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,
KJV Translation: Son of man, put forth a Riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Keywords: Daniel, King
Description: Daniel 5:12
NET Translation: Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret dreams, explain Riddles, and solve difficult problems. Now summon Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”
DARBY Translation: forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and solving of problems, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
KJV Translation: Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Keywords: Ark, King, Time
Description: Daniel 8:23
NET Translation: Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.
DARBY Translation: And at the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors shall have come to the full, a king of bold countenance, and understanding Riddles, shall stand up.
KJV Translation: And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Keywords: Parable, Woe
Description: Habakkuk 2:6
NET Translation: “But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ‘Woe to the one who accumulates what does not belong to him (How long will this go on?)—he who gets rich by extortion!’
DARBY Translation: Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting Riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!
KJV Translation: Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!