Judg.16.1

Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute. He went to her.

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One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

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Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

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One day Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.

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The news got around: "Samson's here." They gathered around in hiding, waiting all night for him at the city gate, quiet as mice, thinking, "At sunrise we'll kill him."

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The people of Gaza were told, "Samson is here!" So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, "At dawn we'll kill him."

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When the Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, "In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him."

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Word soon spread that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the city gates. They kept quiet during the night, saying to themselves, "When the light of morning comes, we will kill him."

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Samson was in bed with the woman until midnight. Then he got up, seized the doors of the city gate and the two gateposts, bolts and all, hefted them on his shoulder, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron. [JC]

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But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

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And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

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But Samson stayed in bed only until midnight. Then he got up, took hold of the city gates with its two posts, and lifted them, bar and all, right out of the ground. He put them on his shoulders and carried them all the way to the top of the hill across from Hebron.

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Some time later he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek (Grapes). Her name was Delilah.

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Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.

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Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the valley of Sorek.

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The Philistine tyrants approached her and said, "Seduce him. Discover what's behind his great strength and how we can tie him up and humble him. Each man's company will give you a hundred shekels of silver."

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The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, "See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver."

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And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

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The leaders of the Philistines went to her and said, "Find out from Samson what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. Then each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

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So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me, dear, the secret of your great strength, and how you can be tied up and humbled."

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So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued."

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So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you."

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So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me what makes you so strong and what it would take to tie you up securely."

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Samson told her, "If they were to tie me up with seven bowstrings--the kind made from fresh animal tendons, not dried out--then I would become weak, just like anyone else."

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Samson answered her, "If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs that have not been dried, I'll become as weak as any other man."

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And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

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Samson replied, "If I am tied up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried, I will be as weak as anyone else."

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The Philistine tyrants brought her seven bowstrings, not dried out, and she tied him up with them.

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Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh thongs that had not been dried, and she tied him with them.

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So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them.

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So the Philistine leaders brought Delilah seven new bowstrings, and she tied Samson up with them.

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The men were waiting in ambush in her room. Then she said, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He snapped the cords as though they were mere threads. The secret of his strength was still a secret.

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With men hidden in the room, she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" But he snapped the thongs as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.

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Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

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She had hidden some men in one of the rooms of her house, and she cried out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" But Samson snapped the bowstrings as if they were string that had been burned in a fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.

Judg.16.10

Delilah said, "Come now, Samson--you're playing with me, making up stories. Be serious; tell me how you can be tied up."

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Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have made a fool of me; you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied."

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Then Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you have mocked me and told me lies. Now, please tell me what you may be bound with."

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Afterward Delilah said to him, "You made fun of me and told me a lie! Now please tell me how you can be tied up securely."

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He told her, "If you were to tie me up tight with new ropes, ropes never used for work, then I would be helpless, just like anybody else."

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He said, "If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I'll become as weak as any other man."

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So he said to her, "If they bind me securely with new ropes that have never been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

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Samson replied, "If I am tied up with brand-new ropes that have never been used, I will be as weak as anyone else."

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So Delilah got some new ropes and tied him up. She said, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" The men were hidden in the next room. He snapped the ropes from his arms like threads.

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So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

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Therefore Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And men were lying in wait, staying in the room. But he broke them off his arms like a thread.

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So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. The men were hiding in the room as before, and again Delilah cried out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" But Samson snapped the ropes from his arms as if they were thread.

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Delilah said to Samson, "You're still playing games with me, teasing me with lies. Tell me how you can be tied up." He said to her, "If you wove the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and drew it tight, then I would be as helpless as any other mortal." When she had him fast asleep, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the fabric on the loom

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Delilah then said to Samson, "Until now, you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied." He replied, "If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I'll become as weak as any other man." So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric

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Delilah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me what you may be bound with." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the loom"--

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Then Delilah said, "You have been making fun of me and telling me lies! Won't you please tell me how you can be tied up securely?" Samson replied, "If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I will be as weak as anyone else." So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric

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and drew it tight. Then she said, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He woke from his sleep and ripped loose from both the loom and fabric!

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and tightened it with the pin. Again she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.

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So she wove it tightly with the batten of the loom, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the batten and the web from the loom.

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and tightened it with the loom shuttle. Again she cried out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle, and yanked his hair away from the loom and the fabric.

Judg.16.15

She said, "How can you say "I love you' when you won't even trust me? Three times now you've toyed with me, like a cat with a mouse, refusing to tell me the secret of your great strength."

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Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you won't confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven't told me the secret of your great strength."

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Then 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 where your great strength lies."

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Then Delilah pouted, "How can you say you love me when you don't confide in me? You've made fun of me three times now, and you still haven't told me what makes you so strong!"

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She kept at it day after day, nagging and tormenting him. Finally, he was fed up--he couldn't take another minute of it.

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With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death.

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

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So day after day she nagged him until he couldn't stand it any longer.

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He spilled it. He told her, "A razor has never touched my head. I've been God's Nazirite from conception. If I were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would be as helpless as any other mortal."

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So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man."

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that he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

Judg.16.17

Finally, Samson told her his secret. "My hair has never been cut," he confessed, "for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else."

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When Delilah realized that he had told her his secret, she sent for the Philistine tyrants, telling them, "Come quickly--this time he's told me the truth." They came, bringing the bribe money.

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When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, "Come back once more; he has told me everything." So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.

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When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart." So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.

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Delilah realized he had finally told her the truth, so she sent for the Philistine leaders. "Come back one more time," she said, "for he has told me everything." So the Philistine leaders returned and brought the money with them.

Judg.16.19

When she got him to sleep, his head on her lap, she motioned to a man to cut off the seven braids of his hair. Immediately he began to grow weak. His strength drained from him.

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Having put him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him.

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Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

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Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and she called in a man to shave off his hair, making his capture certain. And his strength left him.

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Then she said, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He woke up, thinking, "I'll go out, like always, and shake free." He didn't realize that GOD had abandoned him.

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Then she called, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and thought, "I'll go out as before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had left him.

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And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" So he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!" But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

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Then she cried out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" When he woke up, he thought, "I will do as before and shake myself free." But he didn't realize the LORD had left him.

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The Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. They shackled him in irons and put him to the work of grinding in the prison.

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Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding in the prison.

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Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.

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So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and made to grind grain in the prison.

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But his hair, though cut off, began to grow again.

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But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

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However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.

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But before long his hair began to grow back.

Judg.16.23

The Philistine tyrants got together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They celebrated, saying, Our god has given us Samson our enemy!

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Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, "Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands."

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Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said: "Our god has delivered into our hands Samson our enemy!"

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The Philistine leaders held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, "Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!"

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And when the people saw him, they joined in, cheering their god, Our god has given Our enemy to us, The one who ravaged our country, Piling high the corpses among us.

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When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, "Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain."

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When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: "Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, The destroyer of our land, And the one who multiplied our dead."

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When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, "Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!"

Judg.16.25

Then this: Everyone was feeling high and someone said, "Get Samson! Let him show us his stuff!" They got Samson from the prison and he put on a show for them. They had him standing between the pillars.

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While they were in high spirits, they shouted, "Bring out Samson to entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When they stood him among the pillars,

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So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may perform for us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

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Half drunk by now, the people demanded, "Bring out Samson so he can perform for us!" So he was brought from the prison and made to stand at the center of the temple, between the two pillars supporting the roof.

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Samson said to the young man who was acting as his guide, "Put me where I can touch the pillars that hold up the temple so I can rest against them."

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Samson said to the servant who held his hand, "Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them."

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Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them."

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Samson said to the servant who was leading him by the hand, "Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them."

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The building was packed with men and women, including all the Philistine tyrants. And there were at least 3,000 in the stands watching Samson's performance.

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Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform.

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Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there--about three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed.

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The temple was completely filled with people. All the Philistine leaders were there, and there were about three thousand on the roof who were watching Samson and making fun of him.

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And Samson cried out to GOD: Master, GOD! Oh, please, look on me again, Oh, please, give strength yet once more. God! With one avenging blow let me be avenged On the Philistines for my two eyes!

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Then Samson prayed to the LORD, "O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes."

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Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, "O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!"

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Then Samson prayed to the LORD, "Sovereign LORD, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me one more time so that I may pay back the Philistines for the loss of my eyes."

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Then Samson reached out to the two central pillars that held up the building and pushed against them, one with his right arm, the other with his left.

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Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,

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And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.

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Then Samson put his hands on the center pillars of the temple and pushed against them with all his might.

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Saying, "Let me die with the Philistines," Samson pushed hard with all his might. The building crashed on the tyrants and all the people in it. He killed more people in his death than he had killed in his life. [JC]

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Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.

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Then Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

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"Let me die with the Philistines," he prayed. And the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the people. So he killed more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime.

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His brothers and all his relatives went down to get his body. They carried him back and buried him in the tomb of Manoah his father, between Zorah and Eshtaol. He judged Israel for twenty years.

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Then his brothers and his father's whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel twenty years.

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And his brothers and all his father's household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

Judg.16.31

Later his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. They took him back home and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, where his father, Manoah, was buried. Samson had been Israel's judge for twenty years.

Judg.17.1

There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

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Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

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Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

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A man named Micah lived in the hill country of Ephraim.

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He said to his mother, "Remember that 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you? I overheard you when you pronounced your curse. Well, I have the money; I stole it. But now I've brought it back to you." His mother said, "GOD bless you, my son!"

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said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse-I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"

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And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears--here is the silver with me; I took it." And his mother said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my son!"

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One day he said to his mother, "I heard you curse the thief who stole eleven hundred pieces of silver from you. Well, here they are. I was the one who took them.The LORD bless you for admitting it," his mother replied.

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As he returned the 1,100 silver pieces to his mother, she said, "I had totally consecrated this money to GOD for my son to make a statue, a cast god."

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When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will give it back to you."

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So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, "I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you."

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He returned the money to her, and she said, "I now dedicate these silver coins to the LORD. In honor of my son, I will have an image carved and an idol cast."

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Then she took 200 pieces of the silver and gave it to a sculptor and he cast them into the form of a god.

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So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house.

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Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.

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So his mother took two hundred of the silver coins to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah's house.

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This man, Micah, had a private chapel. He had made an ephod and some teraphim-idols and had ordained one of his sons to be his priest.

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Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest.

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The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

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Micah set up a shrine, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as the priest.

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In those days there was no king in Israel. People did whatever they felt like doing. [JC]

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In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.

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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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In those days Israel had no king, so the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.

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Meanwhile there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah and from a family of Judah. He was a Levite but was a stranger there.

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A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

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Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

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One day a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah

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He left that town, Bethlehem in Judah, seeking his fortune. He got as far as the hill country of Ephraim and showed up at Micah's house.

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left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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arrived in that area of Ephraim, looking for a good place to live. He happened to stop at Micah's house as he was traveling through.

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Micah asked him, "So where are you from?" He said, "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I'm on the road, looking for a place to settle down."

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Micah asked him, "Where are you from?I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."

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And Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" So he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay."

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"Where are you from?" Micah asked him. And he replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live."

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Micah said, "Stay here with me. Be my father and priest. I'll pay you ten pieces of silver a year, whatever clothes you need, and your meals."

Judg.17.10

Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food."

Judg.17.10

Micah said to him, "Dwell with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance." So the Levite went in.

Judg.17.10

"Stay here with me," Micah said, "and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food."

Judg.17.11

The Levite agreed and moved in with Micah. The young man fit right in and became one of the family.

Judg.17.11

So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man was to him like one of his sons.

Judg.17.11

Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

Judg.17.11

The Levite agreed to this and became like one of Micah's sons.

Judg.17.12

Micah appointed the young Levite as his priest. This all took place in Micah's home.

Judg.17.12

Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

Judg.17.12

So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and lived in the house of Micah.

Judg.17.12

So Micah ordained the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house.

Judg.17.13

Micah said, "Now I know that GOD will make things go well for me--why, I've got a Levite for a priest!" [JC]

Judg.17.13

And Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest."

Judg.17.13

Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!"

Judg.17.13

"I know the LORD will bless me now," Micah said, "because I have a Levite serving as my priest."

John.7.45

That's when the Temple police reported back to the high priests and Pharisees, who demanded, "Why didn't you bring him with you?"

John.7.45

Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him in?"

John.7.45

Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why have you not brought Him?"

John.7.45

The Temple guards who had been sent to arrest him returned to the leading priests and Pharisees. "Why didn't you bring him in?" they demanded.

John.7.46

The police answered, "Have you heard the way he talks? We've never heard anyone speak like this man."

John.7.46

"No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards declared.

John.7.46

The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this Man!"

John.7.46

"We have never heard anyone talk like this!" the guards responded.

John.7.47

The Pharisees said, "Are you carried away like the rest of the rabble?

John.7.47

"You mean he has deceived you also?" the Pharisees retorted.

John.7.47

Then the Pharisees answered them, "Are you also deceived?

John.7.47

"Have you been led astray, too?" the Pharisees mocked.

John.7.48

You don't see any of the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees?

John.7.48

"Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

John.7.48

Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?

John.7.48

"Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?

John.7.49

It's only this crowd, ignorant of God's Law, that is taken in by him--and damned."

John.7.49

No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law--there is a curse on them."

John.7.49

But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."

John.7.49

These ignorant crowds do, but what do they know about it? A curse on them anyway!"

John.7.50

Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up.

John.7.50

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,

John.7.50

Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,

John.7.50

Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, then spoke up.

John.7.51

"Does our Law decide about a man's guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?"

John.7.51

"Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?"

John.7.51

"Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?"

John.7.51

"Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?" he asked.

John.7.52

But they cut him off. "Are you also campaigning for the Galilean?

John.7.52

They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee."

John.7.52

They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."

John.7.52

They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself--no prophet ever comes from Galilee!"

John.7.53

Examine the evidence. See if any prophet ever comes from Galilee." Then they all went home.

John.7.53

Then each went to his own home.

John.7.53

And everyone went to his own house.

John.7.53

Then the meeting broke up and everybody went home.

John.8.1

Jesus went across to Mount Olives,

John.8.1

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

John.8.1

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

John.8.1

Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives,

John.8.2

but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them.

John.8.2

At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

John.8.2

Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.

John.8.2

but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.

John.8.3

The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone

John.8.3

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group

John.8.3

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

John.8.3

As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and Pharisees brought a woman they had caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.

John.8.4

and said, "Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery.

John.8.4

and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

John.8.4

they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

John.8.4

"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

John.8.5

Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?"

John.8.5

In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?"

John.8.5

Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?"

John.8.5

The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?"

John.8.6

They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt.

John.8.6

They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

John.8.6

This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.

John.8.6

They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.

John.8.7

They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, "The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone."

John.8.7

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

John.8.7

So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."

John.8.7

They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, "All right, stone her. But let those who have never sinned throw the first stones!"

John.8.8

Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.

John.8.8

Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

John.8.8

And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

John.8.8

Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.

John.8.9

Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest. The woman was left alone.

John.8.9

At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

John.8.9

Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

John.8.9

When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.

John.8.10

Jesus stood up and spoke to her. "Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?"

John.8.10

Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

John.8.10

When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"

John.8.10

Then Jesus stood up again and said to her, "Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn you?"

John.8.11

"No one, Master.Neither do I," said Jesus. "Go on your way. From now on, don't sin."

John.8.11

"No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

John.8.11

She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."

John.8.11

"No, Lord," she said. And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."

Ps.60.1

God! you walked off and left us, kicked our defenses to bits And stalked off angry. Come back. Oh please, come back!

Ps.60.1

You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry-now restore us!

Ps.60.1

O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!

Ps.60.1

You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

Ps.60.2

You shook earth to the foundations, ripped open huge crevasses. Heal the breaks! Everything's coming apart at the seams.

Ps.60.2

You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

Ps.60.2

You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

Ps.60.2

You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks before it completely collapses.

Ps.60.3

You made your people look doom in the face, then gave us cheap wine to drown our troubles.

Ps.60.3

You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

Ps.60.3

You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion.

Ps.60.3

You have been very hard on us, making us drink wine that sent us reeling.

Ps.60.4

Then you planted a flag to rally your people, an unfurled flag to look to for courage.

Ps.60.4

But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah

Ps.60.4

You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth.Selah

Ps.60.4

But you have raised a banner for those who honor you--a rallying point in the face of attack.