Verse 6
Judges 16:6
New Living Translation
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So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong and what it would take to tie you up securely.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הַגִּֽידָ/ה נָּ֣א לִ֔/י בַּ/מֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲ/ךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּ/בַ/מֶּ֥ה תֵאָסֵ֖ר לְ/עַנּוֹתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me, I pray, what is the source of your great strength, and how could you be bound to be subdued?"
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Chapter 16 Context
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One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
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Word soon spread that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at...
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But Samson stayed in bed only until midnight. Then he got up, took hold of the doors of the town gat...
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Some time later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the valley of Sorek.
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The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice Samson to tell you what makes him so str...
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So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong and what it would take to tie yo...
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Samson replied, “If I were tied up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried, I would b...
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So the Philistine rulers brought Delilah seven new bowstrings, and she tied Samson up with them.
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She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of her house, and she cried out, “Samson! The Phil...
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Afterward Delilah said to him, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now please tell me...
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Samson replied, “If I were tied up with brand-new ropes that had never been used, I would become as...
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So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. The men were hiding in the inner room as before...
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Then Delilah said, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tie...
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Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle. Again she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come...
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Then Delilah pouted, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don’t share your secrets with me?...
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16
She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.
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Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. “My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I was d...
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Delilah realized he had finally told her the truth, so she sent for the Philistine rulers. “Come bac...
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Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and then she called in a man to shave off t...
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Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” When he woke up, he thought,...
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21
So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound w...
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But before long, his hair began to grow back.
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The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They...
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When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The...
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Half drunk by now, the people demanded, “Bring out Samson so he can amuse us!” So he was brought fro...
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Samson said to the young servant who was leading him by the hand, “Place my hands against the pillar...
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Now the temple was completely filled with people. All the Philistine rulers were there, and there we...
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Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “Sovereign LORD, remember me again. O God (Elohim), please strengthe...
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Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them wi...
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he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.” And the temple crashed down on the Philistine rulers a...
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Later his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. They took him back home and buried...
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