Judges 16:16

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 she pinned it with a pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled away the pin of the loom and the web. 15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she said to him, “when your heart is not with me? This is three times you’ve deceived me and not told me where your great strength comes from.” Now it came about when she nagged him daily with her speeches and kept bothering him, his soul was annoyed to death. 17So he divulged to her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever been upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will be weak and be like any other man.” 18Now when Delilah realized that he had confided to her all his heart, she sent and called for the Philistine lords saying, “Come up this time, for he has told me all his heart.” So the Philistine lords came up to her and brought the silver in their hand.

Judges 16:16 word by word

וַ֠יְהִי כִּֽי־הֵצִ֨יקָה לּ֧וֹ בִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לָמֽוּת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when she pressedצוּקtsûq · to pressH6693
• him dailyיוֹםyôm · day: dailyH3117
• with her wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• and urgedאָלַץ'âlats · to urgeH509
• that his soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• was vexedקָצֵרqâtsar · be shortH7114
• unto deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Judges 16:16

• Proverbs 7:21With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.
• Luke 11:8I tell you, even if the friend will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
• Luke 18:5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so she won’t wear me out by her incessant coming.’”
• Job 21:4As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
• Jonah 4:9Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good for you to be so angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said, “I am angry enough to die!”
• Mark 14:24And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

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

Topics related to Judges 16:16

• 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