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16 And because she nagged him day after day with her words, and pestered him, his soul grew impatient to the point of death.[a] 17 So he confided everything to her,[b] and he said to her, “A razor has never touched[c] my head, for I am a Nazirite of God[d] from birth.[e] If I am shaved my strength will leave me, and I will become weak, like everyone else.

18 Delilah realized that he had confided in her,[f] so she sent and called the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up one more time, for he has confided in me.”[g] And the rulers of the Philistines came up, and they brought the money with them.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:16 Literally “his inner self grew tired/impatient to death”
  2. Judges 16:17 Literally “he told her all his heart”
  3. Judges 16:17 Literally “has never gone up”
  4. Judges 16:17 Literally “consecrated of God” or “devoted of God”
  5. Judges 16:17 Literally “from the womb of my mother”
  6. Judges 16:18 Literally “he had told her all his heart”
  7. Judges 16:18 Literally “he has told me all his heart”
  8. Judges 16:18 Literally “in their hand”