Judges 16:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.””
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power <FI>is<Fi> , and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 16:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:17She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
- Nehemiah 6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
- Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
- Micah 7:2The 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.
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
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