Judges 16:1-9

English Standard Version (Chapter 16)

Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her. The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

Samson went to Gaza:

He saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.

The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.”

They surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night (All Day) at the gate of the city.

They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

English Standard Version (Chapter 16)

But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.

But Samson lay till midnight:

At midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts

(he) pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders

And carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron (38 Miles Away).

English Standard Version (Chapter 16)

After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

English Standard Version (Chapter 16)

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her:

Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies

By what means we may overpower him

That we may bind him to humble him.

And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

English Standard Version (Chapter 16)

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you.”

So Delilah said to Samson:

Please tell me where your great strength lies

How you might be bound

That one could subdue you.

English Standard Version (Chapter 16)

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.” Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a thread of flax snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

Samson said to her:

If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried

Then I shall become weak and be like any other man

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings (twisted Gut) that had not been dried

She bound him with them

Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner chamber

And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!”

But he snapped the bowstrings, as a thread of flax snaps when it touches the fire.

So the secret of his strength was not known.