Judges 16:20

And she said, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.

And she said {H559}, The Philistines {H6430} be upon thee, Samson {H8123}. And he awoke {H3364} out of his sleep {H8142}, and said {H559}, I will go out {H3318} as at other times before {H6471}, and shake {H5287} myself. And he wist {H3045} not that the LORD {H3068} was departed {H5493} from him.

She said, "Shimshon! The P'lishtim have come for you!" He awoke from his sleep and said, "I'll get out this time, just as I shook myself loose before." But he didn't know that ADONAI had left him.

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.

And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 14:42 (9 votes)

    Go not up, for the LORD [is] not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

  • Numbers 14:43 (9 votes)

    For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

  • 1 Samuel 16:14 (7 votes)

    ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

  • 1 Samuel 18:12 (6 votes)

    ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • Joshua 7:12 (6 votes)

    Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, [but] turned [their] backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:2 (5 votes)

    And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  • Isaiah 59:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: