God’s Word Translation
Judges 16:16
16Every day she made his life miserable with her questions. She pestered him until he wished he were dead.
Judges 16:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
- New International Version (NIV)With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death,
Context of Judges 16:16
14So Delilah tied his braids to the loom shuttle. Then she said to him, “Samson, the Philistines are attacking!” But Samson woke up and tore his braids and the threads out of the loom shuttle. 15Delilah said to Samson, “How can you say that you love me when your heart isn’t mine? You’ve made fun of me three times now, but you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong.” Every day she made his life miserable with her questions. She pestered him until he wished he were dead. 17Finally, he told her the truth. He told her, “Because I’m a Nazirite, no one has ever cut the hair on my head. I was dedicated to God before I was born. If my hair is ever shaved off, my strength will leave me. Then I’ll be like any other man.” 18When Delilah realized that he had told her everything, she sent a message to the Philistine rulers, “Come here once more.” (She did this because Samson had told her everything.) So the Philistine rulers arrived with the money in their hands.
Read all of Judges 16Judges 16:16 word by word
וַ֠יְהִי כִּֽי־הֵצִ֨יקָה לּ֧וֹ בִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לָמֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Judges 16:16
- Proverbs 7:21With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in.
- Luke 11:8I can guarantee that although he doesn’t want to get up to give you anything, he will get up and give you whatever you need because he is your friend and because you were so bold.
- Luke 18:5I’ll have to give her justice. Otherwise, she’ll keep coming to me until she wears me out.’ ”
- Job 21:4Am I complaining about a person? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “What right do you have to be angry over this plant?” Jonah answered, “I have every right to be angry—so angry that I want to die.”
- Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people.
Commentaries on Judges 16:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16His soul was vexed unto death - What a consummate fool was this strong man! Might he not have seen, from what already took place, that Delilah intended his ruin? After trifling with her, and lying thrice, he at last commits to her his fatal secret, and thus becomes a traitor to himself and to his God. Well may we adopt the sensible observation of Calmet on this passage: La foiblesse du caeur de Samson, dans torte cette histoire, est encore plus etonnante…Read the comment
- 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. 16Samson should have seen the danger (compare Judges 14:17), but his spiritual blindness caused mental exhaustion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2016. she pressed him daily with her words--Though disappointed and mortified, this vile woman resolved to persevere; and conscious how completely he was enslaved by his passion for her, she assailed him with a succession of blandishing arts, till she at length discovered the coveted secret.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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