KJV King James Version
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
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Judges 16:4
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
WEB World English Bible
It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name is Delilah,
Surrounding context — Judges 16
1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
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Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.Proverbs 23:27For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.Proverbs 26:11As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
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