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Judges 16:20-22
New English Translation
Judges 16:20-22
New English Translation
20 She said, “The Philistines are here,[a] Samson!” He woke up[b] and thought,[c] “I will do as I did before[d] and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him. 21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison. 22 His hair[e] began to grow back after it had been shaved off.
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- Judges 16:20 tn Heb “are upon you.”
- Judges 16:20 tn The Hebrew adds, “from his sleep.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 16:20 tn Heb “and said.”
- Judges 16:20 tn Heb “I will go out as before.”
- Judges 16:22 tn Heb “the hair of his head.”
Judges 16:20-22
New International Version
Judges 16:20-22
New International Version
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(A)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(B)
21 Then the Philistines(C) seized him, gouged out his eyes(D) and took him down to Gaza.(E) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(F) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
Judges 16:20-22
King James Version
Judges 16:20-22
King James Version
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
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