Judges 14:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

If ye had not plowed with my heifer— A proverbial expression; which signifies no more, than that without the assistance of his wife the Philistines could not have found out his riddle.

Judges 14:18

18 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.