Judg 14:18 | NET2full | STEP | 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 !”

‏ Judges 14:18

18 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, ^{▼▼sn Plowed with my heifer. This statement emphasizes that the Philistines had utilized a source of information which should have been off-limits to them. Heifers were used in plowing (Hos 10:11), but one typically used one’s own farm animals, not another man’s.}
you would not have solved my riddle!”