KJV King James Version
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.
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Judges 16:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
WEB World English Bible
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
ASV American Standard Version
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;
Surrounding context — Judges 16
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 rasor 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.
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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וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙H3462 · ya.shento sleepעַל־H5921 · aluponבִּרְכֶּ֔יהָH1290 · be.rekhkneeוַתִּקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלָאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanוַתְּגַלַּ֕חH1548 · ga.lachto shaveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֶׁ֖בַעH7651 · she.vasevenמַחְלְפ֣וֹתH4253 · mach.la.phahlockרֹאשׁ֑וֹH7218 · roshheadוַתָּ֙חֶל֙H2490 · cha.lalto boreלְעַנּוֹת֔וֹH6031 · a.nahbe occupiedוַיָּ֥סַרH5493 · surto turn aside: removeכֹּח֖וֹH3581 · ko.achreptileמֵעָלָֽיו׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Proverbs 7:26-27For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.Proverbs 7:21-23With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.Proverbs 23:33-34Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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