As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
Judges 16:16 - Tree of Life Version Now it came about when she nagged him daily with her speeches and kept bothering him, his soul was annoyed to death. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when she pressed him day after day with her words and urged him, he was vexed to death. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death. Common English Bible She nagged him with her words day after day and begged him until he became worn out to the point of death. Catholic Public Domain Version And when she had been very troublesome to him, and over many days had continually stayed nearby, giving him no time to rest, his soul was faint, and he was weary, even unto death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even until death. |
As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good for you to be so angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said, “I am angry enough to die!”
And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
I tell you, even if the friend will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so she won’t wear me out by her incessant coming.’”
So Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me! You don’t love me! You proposed a riddle to the sons of my people—yet you haven’t explained it to me!” “Look,” he said, “I haven’t explained it to my father or my mother, so should I explain it to you?”
But she wept before him the seven days while their banquet lasted. So it was on the seventh day he told her, because she nagged him. Then she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she said to him, “when your heart is not with me? This is three times you’ve deceived me and not told me where your great strength comes from.”
So he divulged to her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever been upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will be weak and be like any other man.”