21And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.


In Context

18 When Deli'lah saw that he had told her all his mind, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, |Come up this once, for he has told me all his mind.| Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hands.

19 She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

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

21 And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

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

23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, |Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.|

Judges 16:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Then 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Then the Philistines seized upon him, and forthwith pulled out his eyes, and led him bound in chains to Gaza, and shutting him up in prison made him grind.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:21And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:21And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.