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Judges 16:6

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

KJV

Locuta est ergo Dalila ad Samson : Dic mihi, obsecro, in quo sit tua maxima fortitudo, et quid sit quo ligatus erumpere nequeas ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Δαλειδὰ πρὸς Σαμψών Ἀπάγγειλον δή μοι ἐν τίνι ἡ ἰσχύς σου ἡ μεγάλη, καὶ ἐν τίνι δεθήσῃ τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναί σε.

LXX

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הַגִּֽידָ/ה נָּ֣א לִ֔/י בַּ/מֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲ/ךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּ/בַ/מֶּ֥ה תֵאָסֵ֖ר לְ/עַנּוֹתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SamsonDelilah

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָסְרָ֥ה
'srh
verb · 73×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
דְּלִילָה֙
dlylh
proper_noun · 6×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
shmshvn
proper_noun · 38×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
  • Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.