Judges - 16:10



10 Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 16:10.

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And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.
And Deli'lah said to Samson, |Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound.|
And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mayest be bound.
And Delilah saith unto Samson, 'Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.'
Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands?
And Delilah said to him: "Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now (f) tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
(f) Though her deceit threatened his life, yet his affection so blinded him, that he could not beware.

And Delilah said unto Samson,.... Not on the same day, but some time after, as Kimchi observes, when an opportunity offered, and he was in like circumstances as before; for had she immediately attacked him, it might have created some suspicion in him of a design against him:
behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; deceived her with lies, by telling her the other day that if he was bound with green withs, he should become as weak as other men; which she, out of curiosity as she might pretend, had tried, and had found to be false; and which, she might add, was an argument of want of true love to her, to mock her in such a manner:
now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound; so as to be held.

And Delilah said--To avoid exciting suspicion, she must have allowed some time to elapse before making this renewed attempt.

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