However, they sent me the same word four times, and I answered them the same word.
Judges 16:6 - The Scriptures 2009 And Delilah said to Shimshon, “Please reveal to me where your great strength lies, and by what you might be bound, to humble you.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein your great strength lies, and with what you might be bound to subdue you. American Standard Version (1901) And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. Common English Bible So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what gives you such great strength and how you can be tied up and made weak.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me, I beg you, wherein lies your very great strength, and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is wherewith, if thou wert bound, thou couldst not break loose. |
However, they sent me the same word four times, and I answered them the same word.
They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.
The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; The one denounced by יהוה falls in there.
A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
For because of a whore One is brought to a crust of bread. And an adulteress hunts a precious life.
With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.
The lovingly-committed one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.
Trust no friend, rely on no companion, guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
And she had wept before him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it came to be on the seventh day that he informed her, because she pressed him so much. She then explained the riddle to the sons of her people.
And the princes of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and see by what we might overpower him, then we shall bind him to humble him. And let us give you, each one of us, eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
And Shimshon said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords, not yet dried, then I shall be weak, and be like any other man.”