Christian Standard Bible
Judges 16:10
10Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and told me lies! Won’t you please tell me how you can be tied up?”
Judges 16:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me; you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have mocked me and told me lies. Now, please tell me what you may be bound with.”
Context of Judges 16:10
8The Philistine leaders brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them. 9While the men in ambush were waiting in her room, she called out to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of yarn snaps when it touches fire. The secret of his strength remained unknown. Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and told me lies! Won’t you please tell me how you can be tied up?” 11He told her, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be like any other man.” 12Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and shouted, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men in ambush were waiting in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.
Read all of Judges 16Judges 16:10 word by word
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הִנֵּה֙ הֵתַ֣לְתָּ בִּ֔י וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י כְּזָבִ֑ים עַתָּה֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה תֵּאָסֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Delilahדְּלִילָהdelîylâh · DelilahH1807
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
- Behold, thou hast mockedתָּלַלhâthal · to deceiveH2048
- me, and toldדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- me liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
- now tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
Cross-references for Judges 16:10
- Judges 16:7Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be like any other man.”
- Proverbs 23:7for it’s like someone calculating inwardly. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- Proverbs 24:28Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
- Ezekiel 33:31So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
- Luke 22:48but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
Commentaries on Judges 16:10
- 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. 4-22Samson's downfall and defeat by Delilah, the temptress, is a universally appealing tragedy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. And Delilah said--To avoid exciting suspicion, she must have allowed some time to elapse before making this renewed attempt.Read the comment
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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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