Judges 16 · Verse 22

Judges 16:22

Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Judges 16:22, King James Version

Judges 16:22 in other translations

BSBHowever, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
WEBHowever, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
ASVHowbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
YLTAnd the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
DARBYBut the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.
BBEBut the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off.
WebsterHowever the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

What does Judges 16:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again--It is probable that he had now reflected on his folly; and becoming a sincere penitent, renewed his Nazarite vow. "His hair grew together with his repentance, and his strength with his hairs" [Bishop Hall].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 The hair of his head began to grow again - And may we not suppose that, sensible of his sin and folly, he renewed his Nazir vow to the Lord, in consequence of which his supernatural strength was again restored?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 16:22-24
Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. The Lord permits some few to wander wide and sink deep, yet he recovers them at last, and marking his displeasure at sin in their severe temporal sufferings, preserves them from sinking into the pit of destruction. Hypocrites may abuse these examples, and infidels mock at them, but true Christians will thereby be rendered more humble, watchful, and circumspect; more simple in their dependence on the Lord, more fervent in prayer to be kept from falling, and in praise for being preserved; and, if they fall, they will be kept from sinking into despair.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Judges 16:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֧חֶלvai.Ya.cheland it beganH2490
שְׂעַר\־se.'ar-[the] hair ofH8181
רֹאשׁ֛וֹro.Shohead hisH7218
לְצַמֵּ֖חַle.tza.Me.achto grow backH6779
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sher<just> whenH834
גֻּלָּֽח\׃\ \פgu.Lachit had been shavedH1548

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 16:22

  • Leviticus 26:44

    And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

  • Psalms 107:13-14

    Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

  • Psalms 106:44-45

    Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the hair.
Le 26:44; De 32:36; Ps 106:44,45; 107:13,14
after he was shaven. or, as when he was shaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 16:21

    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.

  • Judges 16:22

    Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

  • Judges 16:23

    Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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Judges 16:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el cabello de su cabeza comenzó á crecer, después que fué rapado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les cheveux de sa tête commencèrent à croître, après qu’il eut été rasé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber das Haar seines Hauptes begann wieder zu wachsen, sobald es geschoren war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Jamque capilli ejus renasci cœperunt.