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Judges 16:22
22But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.
Judges 16:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
- New International Version (NIV)But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
- New King James Version (NKJV)However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
Context of Judges 16:22
20And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him. 21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house. But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved. 23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands. 24And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.
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וַיָּ֧חֶל שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ לְצַמֵּ֖חַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר גֻּלָּֽח׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 16:22
- Leviticus 26:44And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them, and will not abhor them, to make an end of them utterly, to break my covenant with them, for I am Jehovah their God.
- Deuteronomy 32:36For Jehovah will judge his people, And shall repent in favour of his servants; When he seeth that power is gone, And there is none shut up or left.
- Psalms 106:44But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;
- Psalms 107:13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses;
Commentaries on Judges 16:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The hair of his head began to grow again - And may we not suppose that, sensible of his sin and folly, he renewed his Nazir vow to the Lord, in consequence of which his supernatural strength was again restored?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-24Verses 22-24 Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. The Lord permits some few to wander wide and sink deep, yet he recovers them at last, and marking his displeasure at sin in their severe temporal sufferings, preserves them from sinking into the pit of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22No one was sure if the Lord would restore Samson's strength as his hair grew back; there was only hope that the Lord's earlier promise—that Samson would start to rescue Israel—remained true.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again--It is probable that he had now reflected on his folly; and becoming a sincere penitent, renewed his Nazarite vow. "His hair grew together with his repentance, and his strength with his hairs" [Bishop Hall].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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