Judges 16:21 “Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him…”

Judges 16:21

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

World English Bible

The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

American Standard Version

And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house.

Darby Translation

And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.

Young's Literal Translation

And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

Bible in Basic English

So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.

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Cross references

“and put out”

Proverbs 2:19 Proverbs 14:14 Proverbs 5:22

Proverbs 2:19 · BSB

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

Proverbs 14:14 · BSB

The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

Proverbs 5:22 · BSB

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

“bound him”

2 Kings 25:7 2 Chronicles 33:11 Psalm 107:10–12 Psalm 149:8

2 Kings 25:7 · BSB

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 33:11 · BSB

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Psalm 107:10–12 · BSB

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Psalm 149:8 · BSB

to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,

“grind”

Exodus 11:5 Isaiah 47:2 Matthew 24:41

Exodus 11:5 · BSB

and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.

Isaiah 47:2 · BSB

Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

Matthew 24:41 · BSB

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Then 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.

22However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.

Read Judges 16