Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

In Context

5The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

7Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”

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Cross References

Nehemiah 6:4They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.

Proverbs 6:26Do not forget that you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but if you sleep with another man’s wife, ◄it may cost you/you may lose► your life.

Proverbs 22:14What ◄wives who commit adultery/immoral women► say to men [MTY] is like a deep pit [MET] into which those men fall; those with whom Yahweh is angry will fall into that pit.

Jeremiah 9:2I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] to Yahweh; they are a mob of people who deceive others.

Micah 7:5So, do not trust anyone! Do not trust even a friend; even be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!

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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