KJV King James Version
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
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Judges 16:22
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
WEB World English Bible
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
ASV American Standard Version
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
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Leviticus 26:44And 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.Psalm 107:13-14Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.Psalm 106:44-45Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:Deuteronomy 32:36For 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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