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Judges 16:20

Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

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ASV

And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him.

KJV

And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430 →
עָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.kha[are] on youH5921 →
שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹןshim.ShonO SamsonH8123 →
וַיִּקַ֣ץvai.yi.Katzand he awokeH3364 →
מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹmi.she.na.Tofrom sleep hisH8142 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵצֵ֞א'e.Tze'I will go outH3318 →
כְּפַ֤עַםke.Fa.'amas timeH6471 →
בְּפַ֙עַם֙be.Fa.'amon timeH6471 →
וְאִנָּעֵ֔רve.'i.na.'Erso I may shake myself freeH5287 →
וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and heH1931 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יָדַ֔עya.Da'he knewH3045 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
סָ֥רsarhe had departedH5493 →
מֵעָלָֽיו׃me.'a.Lavfrom with <the> himH5921 →

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Numbers 14:42–43Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.1 Samuel 16:14After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.Isaiah 59:1–2Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.Joshua 7:12This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.1 Samuel 18:12So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.1 Samuel 28:14–16“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.Judges 16:14So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.Hosea 7:9Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.Matthew 17:20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”2 Chronicles 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.Matthew 17:16I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”Judges 16:9While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.Judges 16:3But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

About Judges

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