Judges 16:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.””

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BSBPD

“Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 16:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 16:7Samson 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.”
  2. Judges 16:13Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  3. Judges 16:15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
  4. Nehemiah 6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
  5. Proverbs 23:7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
  6. Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
  7. Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  8. Luke 22:48But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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