Judges 16:6

Judges 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
• New International Version (NIV)So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”

Context of Judges 16:6

4Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” 7Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.” 8So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.

Judges 16:6 word by word

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּבַמֶּ֥ה תֵאָסֵ֖ר לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• So Delilahדְּלִילָהdelîylâh · DelilahH1807
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• the sourceמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• of your greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• you can be tied upאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• and subduedעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031

Cross-references for Judges 16:6

• Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
• Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
• Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
• Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
• Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Commentaries on Judges 16:6

• 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. 6Delilah seemed more interested in silver than in self-preservation (see Judges 14:15). She apparently did not return Samson's love.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-144. he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek--The location of this place is not known, nor can the character of Delilah be clearly ascertained. Her abode, her mercenary character, and her heartless blandishments afford too much reason to believe she was a profligate woman.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 16:6

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

In the dictionaries

• Delilah
• Samson
• Feel
• Mock
• Quiet
• 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