KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
WEB World English Bible
The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
ASV American Standard Version
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
Surrounding context — Judges 16
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.
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.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
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וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּH270 · a.chazto graspפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineוַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּH5365 · na.qarto digאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֵינָ֑יוH5869 · a.yineyeוַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּH3381 · ya.radto go downאוֹת֜וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עַזָּ֗תָהH5804 · az.zahGazaוַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙H631 · a.sarto bindבַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוַיְהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beטוֹחֵ֖ןH2912 · ta.chanto grindבְּבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceהָאֲסוּרִֽים׃H631 · a.sarto bind
Cross-references
Proverbs 2:19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.Isaiah 47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.Exodus 11:5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.Matthew 24:41Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Psalm 107:10-12Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.2 Kings 25:7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.Psalm 149:8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
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