Judges 16:13
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Judges 16:13 in other translations
| BSB | Then 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.” |
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| WEB | Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom.” |
| ASV | And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. |
| YLT | And Delilah saith unto Samson, ‘Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, ‘If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.' |
| DARBY | And Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web. |
| BBE | Then Delilah said to Samson, Up to now you have made sport of me with false words; now say truly, how may you be put in bands? And he said to her, If you get the seven twists of my hair worked into the cloth you are making and fixed with the pin, I will become feeble and will be like any other man. |
| Webster | And Delilah said to Samson, hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with what thou mayest be bound. And he said to her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. |
What does Judges 16:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. If thou weavest the seven locks of my head--braids or tresses, into which, like many in the East, he chose to plait his hair. Working at the loom was a female employment; and Delilah's appears to have been close at hand. It was of a very simple construction; the woof was driven into the warp, not by a reed, but by a wooden spatula. The extremity of the web was fastened to a pin or stake fixed in the wall or ground; and while Delilah sat squatting at her loom, Samson lay stretched on the floor, with his head reclining on her lap--a position very common in the East.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 The seven locks of my head - Probably Samson had his long hair plaited into seven divisions, and as his vow of a Nazarite obliged him to wear his hair, so, seven being a number of perfection among the Hebrews, his hair being divided into seven locks might more particularly point out the perfection designed by his Nazarite state. Every person must see that this verse ends abruptly, and does not contain a full sense. Houbigant has particularly noticed this, and corrected the text from the Septuagint, the reading of which I shall here subjoin: Εαν ὑφανῃς τας ἑπτα σειρας της κεφαλης μον αυν τῳ διασματι, και εγκρουσῃς τῳ πασσαλῳ εις τον τοιχον, και εσομαι ὡς εἱς των ανθρωπων ασθενης· Και εγενετο εν τῳ κοιμασθαι αυτον, και ελαβε Δαλιδα τας ἑπτα σειρας της κεφαλης αυτου, και ὑφανεν εν τῳ διασματι, και επηξε τῳ πασσαλῳ εις τον τοιχον; "If thou shalt weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and shalt fasten them with the pin in the wall, I shall become weak like other men: And so it was that, when he slept, Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened it with the pin to the wall and said unto him," etc. All the words printed here in italic, are wanting in the present Hebrew copies; but are preserved in the Septuagint, and are most obviously necessary to complete the sense; else Delilah appears to do something that she is not ordered to do, and to omit what she was commanded.
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 16:4-17
Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all…
Judges 16:13 in the original Hebrew
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בִּי֙bi<in> <the> me
לִּ֔יLito <the> me
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with the web.It is evident that this verse ends abruptly, and does not
contain a full sense. Houbigant has particularly noticed
this, and corrected the text from the Septuagint: which adds
after these words, [kai enkrouses to passalo eis ton toichou,
kai esomai hos eis ton anthropon asthenes kai egeneto en to
koimasthai auton kai elabe Dalida tas hepta seiras tes
kephales autou, kai hyphanen en to diasmati, k.t.l.] "and
shall fasten them with the pin in the wall, I shall become
weak like other men: and so it was, that when he slept,
Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with
the web," etc. This is absolutely necessary to complete the
sense; else Delilah would appear to do something she was not
ordered to do, and to omit what she was commanded. Dr.
Kennicott very judiciously observes, that the omission, for
such it appears to be, begins and ends with the same word; and
that the same word occurring in different places, is a very
common cause of omission in Hebrew manuscripts.
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Context
- Judges 16:12
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
- Judges 16:13
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
- Judges 16:14
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Judges 16:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Dalila dijo á Samsón: Hasta ahora me engañas, y tratas conmigo con mentiras. Descúbreme pues ahora cómo podrás ser atado. El entonces le dijo: Si tejieres siete guedejas de mi cabeza con la tela. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Delila dit à Samson: Jusqu’ici tu t’es moqué de moi, et tu m’as dit des mensonges; déclare-moi avec quoi tu pourrais être lié. Et il lui dit: Si tu tissais sept tresses de ma tête avec le fil à tisser. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprach Delila zu Simson: Bisher hast du mich getäuscht und Lügen zu mir geredet. Tue mir kund, womit du gebunden werden kannst! Und er sprach zu ihr: Wenn du die sieben Flechten meines Hauptes mit dem Gewebe verwebtest. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque Dalila rursum ad eum: Usquequo decipis me, et falsum loqueris? ostende quo vinciri debeas. Cui respondit Samson: Si septem crines capitis mei cum licio plexueris, et clavum his circumligatum terræ fixeris, infirmus ero. |