Judges 16:6-20

Judges 16:6-20

[6] And Delilah  said  to Samson,  Tell  me, I pray thee, wherein thy great  strength  lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound  to afflict  thee. [7] And Samson  said  unto her, If they bind  me with seven  green  withs  that were never dried,  then shall I be weak,  and be as another  man.  [8] Then the lords  of the Philistines  brought up  to her seven  green  withs  which had not been dried,  and she bound  him with them. [9] Now there were men lying in wait,  abiding  with her in the chamber.  And she said  unto him, The Philistines  be upon thee, Samson.  And he brake  the withs,  as a thread  of tow  is broken  when it toucheth  the fire.  So his strength  was not known.  [10] And Delilah  said  unto Samson,  Behold, thou hast mocked  me, and told  now tell  me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.  [11] And he said  unto her, If they bind  with new  ropes  that never were occupied,  then shall I be weak,  and be as another  man.  [12] Delilah  therefore took  new  ropes,  and bound  him therewith, and said  unto him, The Philistines  be upon thee, Samson.  And there were liers in wait  abiding  in the chamber.  And he brake  them from off his arms  like a thread.  [13] And Delilah  said  unto Samson,  Hitherto  thou hast mocked  me, and told  tell  me wherewith thou mightest be bound.  And he said  unto her, If thou weavest  the seven  locks  of my head  with the web.  [14] And she fastened  it with the pin,  and said  unto him, The Philistines  be upon thee, Samson.  And he awaked  out of his sleep,  and went away  with the pin  of the beam,  and with the web.  [15] And she said  unto him, How  canst thou say,  I love  thee, when thine heart  is not with me? thou hast mocked  me these three  times,  and hast not told  me wherein thy great  strength  lieth. [16] And it came to pass, when she pressed  him daily  with her words,  and urged  him, so that his soul  was vexed  unto death;  [17] That he told  her all his heart,  and said  unto her, There hath not come  a razor  upon mine head;  for I have been a Nazarite  unto God  from my mother's  womb:  if I be shaven,  then my strength  will go  from me, and I shall become weak,  and be like any other man.  [18] And when Delilah  saw  that he had told  her all his heart,  she sent  and called  for the lords  of the Philistines,  saying,  Come up  this once,  for he hath shewed  me all his heart.  Then the lords  of the Philistines  came up  money  in their hand.  [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  [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