Judges 16:16

Judges 16:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
• New International Version (NIV)With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death,

Context of Judges 16:16

14So 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!” Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death, 17Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.” 18When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.

Judges 16:16 word by word

וַ֠יְהִי כִּֽי־הֵצִ֨יקָה לּ֧וֹ בִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לָמֽוּת׃Read the interlinear

• Finally, afterהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• ·כִּיkîy · forH3588
• she had pressedצוּקtsûq · to pressH6693
• dailyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• dailyיוֹםyôm · day: dailyH3117
• with her wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• and pleadedאָלַץ'âlats · to urgeH509
• until heנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• was sickקָצֵרqâtsar · be shortH7114
• to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Judges 16:16

• Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
• Luke 11:8I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
• Luke 18:5yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”
• Job 21:4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
• Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
• Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

Commentaries on Judges 16:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16His soul was vexed unto death - What a consummate fool was this strong man! Might he not have seen, from what already took place, that Delilah intended his ruin? After trifling with her, and lying thrice, he at last commits to her his fatal secret, and thus becomes a traitor to himself and to his God. Well may we adopt the sensible observation of Calmet on this passage: La foiblesse du caeur de Samson, dans torte cette histoire, est encore plus etonnante…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. 16Samson should have seen the danger (compare Judges 14:17), but his spiritual blindness caused mental exhaustion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2016. she pressed him daily with her words--Though disappointed and mortified, this vile woman resolved to persevere; and conscious how completely he was enslaved by his passion for her, she assailed him with a succession of blandishing arts, till she at length discovered the coveted secret.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 16:16

• Conspiracy
• Deception
• Delilah
• Friends
• Samson
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Delilah
• Feel
• Mock
• Quiet
• Samson
• Sport
• Told
• Dagon
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of

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