Berean Standard Bible
Judges 16:14
14So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. 1Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”
But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
Judges 16:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
- New International Version (NIV)and tightened it with the pin. Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So she wove it tightly with the batten of the loom, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the batten and the web from the loom.
Context of Judges 16:14
12So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads. 13Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.” So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web. 15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!” 16Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
Read all of Judges 16Judges 16:14 word by word
וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵהוּ וַתַּאֲרִיג אֶת־שֶׁבַע מַחְלְפוֹת רֹאשׁוֹ עִם־הַמַּסֶּכֶת וַתִּתְקַע֙ בַּיָּתֵ֔ד וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּיקַץ֙ מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ וַיִּסַּ֛ע אֶת־הַיְתַ֥ד הָאֶ֖רֶג וְאֶת־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃Read the interlinear
- ·תָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
- with a pinיָתֵדyâthêd · pegH3489
- and calledאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to himאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
- the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
- hereעַל‛al · uponH5921
- But he awokeיָקַץyâqats · to awakeH3364
- from his sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
- and pulled outנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- with the loomאֶ֫רֶג'ereg · shuttleH708
- and the webמַסֶּ֫כֶתmasseketh · webH4545
Cross-references for Judges 16:14
- Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
- Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
Commentaries on Judges 16:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And she fastened it with the pin - The meaning of the verses seems to be that the seven long plaits, in which Samson‘s hair was arranged, were to be woven as a woof into the threads of a warp which stood prepared on a loom in the chamber, which loom Delilah fastened down with a pin, so as to keep it firm and immoveable. But Samson, when he awoke, tore up the pin from its socket, and went away with the loom and the pin fastened to his hair. The beam…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-17Verses 4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Samson's hair might have been woven into the fabric as the weft on the loom's warp, then tightened like in regular weaving.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web--that is, the whole weaving apparatus.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Judges 16:14 See LXX and Vulgate; Hebrew does not include So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. ↩
Commentaries on Judges 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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