English Standard Version
Judges 16:10
10Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound."
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.”
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Afterward Delilah said to him, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now please tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Context of Judges 16:10
8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner chamber. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the bowstrings, as a thread of flax snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known. Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound." 11And he said to her, "If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like any other man." 12So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And the men lying in ambush were in an inner chamber. But 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 said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I shall become weak and be like any other man."
- Proverbs 23:7for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- Ezekiel 33:31And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
- Luke 22:48but Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray 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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