[HNV] Judges 16, Hebrew Names Version
Shofetim, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} Shimshon went to `Aza, and saw there a prostitute, and went
in to her. {16:2} [It was told] the `Azati, saying, Shimshon is come
here. They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the
gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be] until
morning light, then we will kill him. {16:3} Shimshon lay until
midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the
gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all,
and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the
mountain that is before Hevron. {16:4} It came to pass afterward, that
he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
{16:5} The lords of the Pelishtim came up to her, and said to her,
Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what
means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him:
and we will each give you of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
{16:6} Delilah said to Shimshon, Tell me, Please, in which your great
strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
{16:7} Shimshon said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords
that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another
man. {16:8} Then the lords of the Pelishtim brought up to her seven
green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
{16:9} Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. She
said to him, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. He broke the cords,
as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength
was not known. {16:10} Delilah said to Shimshon, Behold, you have
mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, Please, with which you might
be bound. {16:11} He said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes
with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as
another man. {16:12} So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him
therewith, and said to him, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. The
liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. He broke them off his
arms like a thread. {16:13} Delilah said to Shimshon, Hitherto you
have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be
bound. He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with
the web. {16:14} She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The
Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. He awakened out of his sleep, and
plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. {16:15} She said to
him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you
have mocked me these three times, and have not told me in which your
great strength lies. {16:16} It happened, when she pressed him daily
with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
{16:17} He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever
come on my head; for I have been a Nazir to God from my mother's womb.
If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become
weak, and be like any other man." {16:18} When Delilah saw that he had
told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the
Pelishtim, saying, Come up this once, for he has told me all his
heart. Then the lords of the Pelishtim came up to her, and brought the
money in their hand. {16:19} 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. {16:20} She
said, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. He awoke out of his sleep,
and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But
he didn't know that the LORD had departed from him. {16:21} The
Pelishtim laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him
down to `Aza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in
the prison-house. {16:22} However the hair of his head began to grow
again after he was shaved. {16:23} The lords of the Pelishtim gathered
them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to
rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Shimshon our enemy into
our hand. {16:24} When the people saw him, they praised their god; for
they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the
destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us. {16:25} It
happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for
Shimshon, that he may make us sport. They called for Shimshon out of
the prison-house; and he made sport before them. They set him between
the pillars: {16:26} and Shimshon said to the boy who held him by the
hand, Allow me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house rests,
that I may lean on them. {16:27} Now the house was full of men and
women; and all the lords of the Pelishtim were there; and there were
on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Shimshon
made sport. {16:28} Shimshon called to the LORD, and said, Lord GOD,
remember me, Please, and strengthen me,
[HNV] Judges 16, Hebrew Names Version
Shofetim, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} Shimshon went to `Aza, and saw there a prostitute, and went
in to her. {16:2} [It was told] the `Azati, saying, Shimshon is come
here. They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the
gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be] until
morning light, then we will kill him. {16:3} Shimshon lay until
midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the
gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all,
and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the
mountain that is before Chevron. {16:4} It came to pass afterward,
that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
{16:5} The lords of the Pelishtim came up to her, and said to her,
Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what
means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him:
and we will each give you of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
{16:6} Delilah said to Shimshon, Tell me, Please, in which your great
strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
{16:7} Shimshon said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords
that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another
man. {16:8} Then the lords of the Pelishtim brought up to her seven
green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
{16:9} Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. She
said to him, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. He broke the cords,
as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength
was not known. {16:10} Delilah said to Shimshon, Behold, you have
mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, Please, with which you might
be bound. {16:11} He said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes
with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as
another man. {16:12} So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him
therewith, and said to him, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. The
liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. He broke them off his
arms like a thread. {16:13} Delilah said to Shimshon, Hitherto you
have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be
bound. He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with
the web. {16:14} She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The
Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. He awakened out of his sleep, and
plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. {16:15} She said to
him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you
have mocked me these three times, and have not told me in which your
great strength lies. {16:16} It happened, when she pressed him daily
with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
{16:17} He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever
come on my head; for I have been a Nazir to God from my mother's womb.
If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become
weak, and be like any other man." {16:18} When Delilah saw that he had
told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the
Pelishtim, saying, Come up this once, for he has told me all his
heart. Then the lords of the Pelishtim came up to her, and brought the
money in their hand. {16:19} 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. {16:20} She
said, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. He awoke out of his sleep,
and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But
he didn't know that the LORD had departed from him. {16:21} The
Pelishtim laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him
down to `Aza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in
the prison-house. {16:22} However the hair of his head began to grow
again after he was shaved. {16:23} The lords of the Pelishtim gathered
them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to
rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Shimshon our enemy into
our hand. {16:24} When the people saw him, they praised their god; for
they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the
destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us. {16:25} It
happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for
Shimshon, that he may make us sport. They called for Shimshon out of
the prison-house; and he made sport before them. They set him between
the pillars: {16:26} and Shimshon said to the boy who held him by the
hand, Allow me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house rests,
that I may lean on them. {16:27} Now the house was full of men and
women; and all the lords of the Pelishtim were there; and there were
on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Shimshon
made sport. {16:28} Shimshon called to the LORD, and said, Lord GOD,
remember me, Please, and strengthen me
