Judges 16:6

So Delilah said unto Samson, Do tell me, I pray thee, wherein lieth thy great strength,—and wherewith thou mightest be bound, to humble thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5So the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said to her—Entice him, and see wherein lieth his great strength, and wherewith we may prevail against him, and bind him, to humble him,—and, we, will give thee, every man, eleven hundred pieces of silver.

7And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green cords, that have not been dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 6:4Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times,—and I replied to them according to this answer.

Proverbs 6:26Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread,—and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

Proverbs 22:14A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.

Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers’ lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them,—For they all, are Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors;

Micah 7:5Do not trust in a friend, do not put confidence in an associate,—from her that lieth in thy bosom, keep thou the doors of thy mouth;

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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