Judges 16:21
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
22Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Cross References
Exodus 11:5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle.
2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Psalms 149:8To bind their king’s with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Isaiah 47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
Matthew Henry on Judges 16:19-22
Samson Betrayed. ( b. c. 1120.) 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines… Read the whole commentary →