16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was [a]vexed to death, 17 that he (A)told her all his heart, and said to her, (B)“No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:16 Lit. impatient to the point of

16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

17 So he told her everything.(A) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(B) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

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