Judges 16:17

He told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

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WEBBE

He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

BSB

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

KJV

That he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

ASV

And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

BBE

And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man.

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וַיַּגֶּד־ vai·ya·ged- and he told H5046 לָהּ lah to (the) her H9034 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 לִבּוֹ li·bo heart his H3820 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 לָהּ lah to (the) her H9034 מוֹרָה mo·rah a razor H4177 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 עָלָה 'a·lah it has come up H5927 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 רֹאשִׁי ro·shi head my H7218 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 נְזִיר ne·zir [am] a Nazirite of H5139 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 אֲנִי 'a·ni I H589 מִבֶּטֶן mi·be·ten from [the] womb of H990 אִמִּי 'i·mi mother my H517 אִם־ 'im- if H518 גֻּלַּחְתִּי gu·lach·ti I was shaved H1548 וְסָר ve·sar and it will depart H5493 מִמֶּנִּי mi·me·ni from me H4480 כֹחִי kho·chi strength my H3581 וְחָלִיתִי ve·cha·li·ti and I will be weak H2470 וְהָיִיתִי ve·ha·yi·ti and I will be H1961 כְּכָל־ ke·khol- like every H3605 הָאָדָם ha·'a·dam (the) man H120

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–17

Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The anguish of the suffering is ten thousand times greater than all the pleasures of the sin.

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Topics

Abstinence, TotalBeardNazarite

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.