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Judges 16:15-17
International Standard Version
Judges 16:15-17
International Standard Version
Samson Tells Delilah His Secret
15 Some time later, she asked him, “How can you keep saying ‘I love you!’ when your heart isn’t with me? These three times you’ve lied to me and haven’t told me where your great strength lies.” 16 She nagged him every day with this speech, pestering him until he[a] was annoyed nearly[b] to death.
17 So he finally disclosed everything. He told her,[c] “A razor has never touched my head, because I’ve been a Nazirite for God before I was born.[d] If I am shaved, then my strength will abandon me and I will become weak like every human being.”
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- Judges 16:16 Lit. until his soul
- Judges 16:16 The Heb. lacks nearly
- Judges 16:17 Lit. disclosed his entire heart to her
- Judges 16:17 Lit. God from my mother’s womb
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