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

4After ⌞leaving Gaza⌟, he fell in love with a woman in the Sorek Valley. Her name was Delilah. 5The Philistine rulers came to her and said, “Trick him, and find out what makes him so strong. Find out how we can overpower him. We want to tie him up in order to torture him. Each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong. How can you be tied up so that someone could torture you?” 7Samson told her, “If someone ties me up with seven new bowstrings that are not dried out, I will be like any other man.” 8The Philistine rulers brought her seven new bowstrings that were not dried out. She tied Samson up with them.

Judges 16:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Delilahדְּלִילָהdelîylâh · DelilahH1807
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• Tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• me, I pray thee, wherein thy greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• and wherewith thou mightest be boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• to afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031

Cross-references for Judges 16:6

• Psalms 12:2All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
• Proverbs 6:26A prostitute’s price is ⌞only⌟ a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for ⌞your⌟ life itself.
• Proverbs 7:21With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in.
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
• Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
• Jeremiah 9:2I wish I had a place to stay in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, a mob of traitors.
• Micah 7:2Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.

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