Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

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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.

ASV

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

YLT

And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power is , and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'

DBT

Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.

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But she having once prostituted herself for money, began during the banquet and the blandishments of love, cunningly and craftily to inquire of him in what respect his strength excelled that of others, and at the same time, as if solicitous and fearful for his safety, to entreat him to confide to his beloved by what means he could be bound and subdued into the power of others.

Ambrose of Milan· Letter 19, 397patristic

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And Delilah said to Samson,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

But first, it is probable, that Samson had in some measure repented of his sin, and begged of God pardon and assistance. 2.This singular strength and courage was not in itself a grace, but a gift, and it was such a gift as did not so much depend on the disposition of his mind, but on the right ordering of his body, by the rule given to him, and others of that order.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Proverbs 6:26
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Proverbs 7:21
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Jeremiah 9:2–5
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Judges 14:17
She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
Nehemiah 6:4
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

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PersonJudgesSamsonThe Nazirite judge of supernatural strength and unguarded appetites; betrayed by Delilah, blinded at Gaza, he slew more in his dea…

About this book

Samson and Delilah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:4
  “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Psalms 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Matthew 10:16
  Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Job 6:14–15
  A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Judges 16:5–20
  The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him.…
Through
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
  And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is…
Through
Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
leads to
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Through
Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
leads to
- Psalms 12:1
  Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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