Judges 16:6 “So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great st…”

Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

World English Bible

Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”

American Standard Version

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt.

Darby Translation

Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.

Young's Literal Translation

And Delilah saith unto Samson, 'Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power [is], and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'

Bible in Basic English

So Delilah said to Samson, Make clear to me now what is the secret of your great strength, and how you may be put in bands and made feeble.

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Cross references

“And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.”

Psalm 12:2 Micah 7:2 Proverbs 6:26 Proverbs 7:21 Proverbs 22:14 Proverbs 26:28

Psalm 12:2 · BSB

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Micah 7:2 · BSB

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Proverbs 6:26 · BSB

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Proverbs 7:21 · BSB

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

Proverbs 22:14 · BSB

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Proverbs 26:28 · BSB

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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

In context

5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver. ”

7Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

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