Judges 16:16

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

In Context

15And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

17And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

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Cross References

Judges 14:16And 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 thee?

Job 21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

Proverbs 7:26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

Mark 14:24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

Luke 18:5yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:5-18

Delilah's Treachery. ( b. c. 1120.) 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith… Read the whole commentary →

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