They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
Judges 16:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes your strength so great and how you could be bound, so that one could subdue you.” More versionsKing 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. |
They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.
The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.
for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
The faithful have disappeared from the land, and there is no one left who is upright; they all lie in wait for blood, and they hunt each other with nets.
Put no trust in a friend; have no confidence in a loved one; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace,
She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and because she nagged him, on the seventh day he told her. Then she explained the riddle to her people.
The lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, “Coax him, and find out what makes his strength so great and how we may overpower him, so that we may bind him in order to subdue him, and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that are not dried out, then I shall become weak and be like anyone else.”