Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.

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Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

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We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel(A) might be preserved for you.

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To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(A) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(B)

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58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”(A)

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Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

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15 The simple believe anything,
    but the prudent give thought to their steps.(A)

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15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)

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21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(A) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(B) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(C) 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

17 So he told her everything.(D) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(E) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(F), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(G) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[a] And his strength left him.(H)

20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(I)

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.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken

15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

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.

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10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(A) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”

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10 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.

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So Delilah(A) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

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And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

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