Verse 1
Judges 16:1
GOD'S WORD Translation
1
Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן עַזָּ֑תָ/ה וַ/יַּרְא שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֔ה וַ/יָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
And Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a harlot and came to her.
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Chapter 16 Context
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Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
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The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him, and laid wait for him all night in the...
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Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city...
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It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his grea...
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Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound...
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Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I beco...
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Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and...
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Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samso...
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Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which...
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11
He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I...
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So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Sa...
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Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might...
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She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He awakened out...
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She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me...
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When she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.
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He told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Na...
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When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philis...
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She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his hea...
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She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!”
He awoke out of his sleep, and said, “I will go ou...
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21
The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound...
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22
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
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The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, a...
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When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and...
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When their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called fo...
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and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the hou...
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Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there...
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Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, onl...
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Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one wi...
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Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He bowed himself with all his might; and the house f...
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Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and b...
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