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 this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.” So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you.” 7Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man.” 8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that 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

• So Delilahדְּלִילָהdelîylâh · DelilahH1807
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• me whereמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• your greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• you may be boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• to afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031

Cross-references for Judges 16:6

• Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
• Proverbs 6:26For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
• Proverbs 7:21With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it.
• Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
• Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers’ lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men.
• Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other 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