Judges 16:15-17
Lexham English Bible
15 And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me how your strength is so great.” 16 And because she nagged him day after day with her words, and pestered him, his soul grew impatient to the point of death.[a] 17 So he confided everything to her,[b] and he said to her, “A razor has never touched[c] my head, for I am a Nazirite of God[d] from birth.[e] If I am shaved my strength will leave me, and I will become weak, like everyone else.
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- Judges 16:16 Literally “his inner self grew tired/impatient to death”
- Judges 16:17 Literally “he told her all his heart”
- Judges 16:17 Literally “has never gone up”
- Judges 16:17 Literally “consecrated of God” or “devoted of God”
- Judges 16:17 Literally “from the womb of my mother”
Judges 16:15-17
New International Version
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(A) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(B) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(C)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(D) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(E) 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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