Judges 16:19

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.

And she made him sleep {H3462} upon her knees {H1290}; and she called {H7121} for a man {H376}, and she caused him to shave off {H1548} the seven {H7651} locks {H4253} of his head {H7218}; and she began {H2490} to afflict {H6031} him, and his strength {H3581} went {H5493} from him.

She had him go to sleep in her lap and called for a man to shave off his seven locks of hair. Then she began tormenting him, but his strength had gone away.

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.

And she made him sleep upon 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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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 7:21 (3 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 7:23 (3 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 7:26 (3 votes)

    For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.

  • Proverbs 7:27 (3 votes)

    Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Proverbs 23:33 (2 votes)

    Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Proverbs 23:34 (2 votes)

    Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26 (2 votes)

    And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.