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

4And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces. Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee. 7And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man. 8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Judges 16:6 word by word

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

• Delilahדְּלִילָהdelîylâh · DelilahH1807
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• Tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631

Cross-references for Judges 16:6

• Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
• Proverbs 6:26for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
• Proverbs 7:21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
• Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
• Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
• Micah 7:2The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother 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