Judges 16:15

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14So she beat them up with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! And he awaked out of his sleep, and pulled out the pin of the loom, and the warp.

16And it came to pass, when she urged him with her words continually, and pressed him, that his soul became impatient, unto death;

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Cross References

Genesis 29:20So Jacob served for Rachel—seven years,—and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her.

Judges 14:16And the wife of Samson wept upon him, and said—Thou dost, altogether hate me, and dost not love me, a riddle, hast thou put forth to the sons of my people, and, unto me, thou hast not told it! And he said to her, Lo! to my own father and mother, have I not told it, and, to thee, shall I tell it?

2 Samuel 16:17Then said Absolom unto Hushai, Is, this, thy lovingkindness unto thy friend? Wherefore wentest thou not with thy friend?

Proverbs 2:16To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

Proverbs 23:26Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;

John 14:15If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;

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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