Judges 16:10

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

In Context

9While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

11He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

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Cross References

Judges 16:13Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Nehemiah 6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Luke 22:48But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

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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