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14 And fasten it with the pin... Again she called to him, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. And he awakened out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the loom, and with the web.

15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine lev is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy ko’ach gadol lieth.

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

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14 and[a] tightened it with the pin.

Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(A) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.

15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(B) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(C) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(D) 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she