Judges 16:16

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, [so] that his soul was vexed unto death;

And it came to pass, when she pressed {H6693} him daily {H3117} with her words {H1697}, and urged {H509} him, so that his soul {H5315} was vexed {H7114} unto death {H4191};

Every day she kept nagging at him and pressing at him, till it bothered him to death,

Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 7:21 (5 votes)

    With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

  • Proverbs 7:23 (5 votes)

    Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

  • Jonah 4:9 (3 votes)

    And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, [even] unto death.

  • Mark 14:24 (3 votes)

    And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

  • Luke 11:8 (3 votes)

    I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

  • Luke 18:5 (3 votes)

    Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

  • Job 21:4 (3 votes)

    As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?