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Judges 16:19
Judges 16:19 is verse 19 of Judges chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts he began to grow weak
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
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Judges 16:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 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.”
18 When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
19 And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
20 Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7:26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
Proverbs 23:34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.