The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Judges 16:7
King James Version(KJV)

7.)And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

 

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Judges 16:8 (NASB)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

 

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Judges 16:9 (KJ2KV)
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon you, Samson. And he broke the cords, as a thread of yarn is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

 

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Judges 16:10
New International Version (NIV)

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me; you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”

 

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Judges 16:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] He said to her, "If they bind me tightly with new ropes which have not been used, then I will become weak and be like any other man."

 

[Chester]

Judges 16:12

So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the men lying in ambush were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

 

[Chester]

Judges 16;13

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and fasten it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.”

 

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Judges 16:14
King James Version(KJV)

14.)And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

 

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Judges 16:15 (NASB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is."

 

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Judges 16:16 (ERV)
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

 

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Jdg 16:17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

[FONT=&quot]Samson foolishly tells Delilah that if he's shaven he will lose his strength.[/FONT]​

 

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Judges 16:18
King James Version(KJV)

18.)And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

 

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Judges 16:19 (KJV)
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

 

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Judges 16:20 (NASB)
[SUP]20 [/SUP] She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

 

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Judges 16:21
New International Version (NIV)

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.

 

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Jdg 16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

 

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Judges 16:23 (NASB)
[SUP]23 [/SUP] Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands."

 

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Judges 16:24 (KJV)
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

 

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Judges 16:25
New International Version (NIV)

While they were in high spirits, they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.


When they stood him among the pillars,

 

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Judges 16:26 (NASB)
[SUP]26 [/SUP] Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."