Verse 26
Judges 16:26
World English Bible
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and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I may lean on them.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶל הַ/נַּ֨עַר הַ/מַּחֲזִ֣יק בְּ/יָד/וֹ֮ הַנִּ֣יחָ/ה אוֹתִ/י֒ ו/הימש/ני וַ/הֲמִשֵׁ֨/נִי֙ אֶת הָֽ/עַמֻּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַ/בַּ֖יִת נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ/אֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן עֲלֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And Samson said to the young man who was holding his hand, "Let me go, and I will lean against the pillars that the house is supported by, and I will rest upon them."
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Chapter 16 Context
1
Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
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2
The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him, and laid wait for him all night in the...
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3
Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city...
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4
It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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5
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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6
Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound...
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7
Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I beco...
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8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and...
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9
Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samso...
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10
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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12
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Sa...
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13
Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might...
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14
She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He awakened out...
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15
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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16
When she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.
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17
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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18
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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19
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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20
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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23
The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, a...
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24
When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and...
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25
When their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called fo...
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26
and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the hou...
27
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there...
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28
Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, onl...
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29
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one wi...
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30
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He bowed himself with all his might; and the house f...
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31
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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