Judges 16:15

Judges 16:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
• New International Version (NIV)Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me where your great strength lies."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”

Context of Judges 16:15

13And Delilah said to Samson, Until now thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me how thou mayest be bound. And he said to her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke from his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. And she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me where thy great strength lieth . 16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed to death; 17That he told her all his heart, and said to her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

Judges 16:15 word by word

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמַ֣ר אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ וְלִבְּךָ֖ אֵ֣ין אִתִּ֑י זֶ֣ה שָׁלֹ֤שׁ פְּעָמִים֙ הֵתַ֣לְתָּ בִּ֔י וְלֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֥ גָדֽוֹל׃Read the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Howאֵיךְ'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• mockedתָּלַלhâthal · to deceiveH2048
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• timesפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581

Cross-references for Judges 16:15

• Judges 14:16And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast told a riddle to the children of my people, and hast not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor to my mother, and shall I tell it to thee?
• Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the adulteress who flattereth with her words;
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
• Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
• Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
• 1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
• 2 Samuel 16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
• Proverbs 23:26My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
• John 14:15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.
• John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
• 1 John 2:15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.

Commentaries on Judges 16:15

• 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. 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

Topics related to Judges 16:15

• Conspiracy
• Deception
• Delilah
• Friends
• Samson
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Delilah
• Feel
• Mock
• Quiet
• Samson
• 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