THE WHOLE BIBLE- verse by verse (7)

[barb754]

Judges 15:18 (KJV) And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

 

[doc329]

Judges 15:19 (KJV) But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

 

[trevorlewthor]

Judges 15:20 (ESV) And he judge Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:1 (KJV) Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:2 (KJV) And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

 

[Rich48]

Jdg 16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

 

[barb754]

Judges 16:4 (KJV) And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:5 (KJV) And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

 

[Rich48]

Jdg 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

 

[barb754]

Judges 16:7 (KJV) And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:8 (KJV) Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:9 (KJV) Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:10 (KJV) And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:11 (KJV) And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:12 (KJV) Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

 

[doc329]

Judges 16:13 (KJV) And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

 

[tred]

Judges 16:14
14 and tightened it with the pin. Again she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.

 

[tred]

Judges 16:15
15 Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you won't confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven't told me the secret of your great strength."

 

[tred]

Judges 16:16
16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death.

 

[tred]

Judges 16:17
17 So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man."