16And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even until death.


In Context

13 And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak.

14 And when Dalila had done this, she said to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking out of his sleep he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace.

15 And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy great strength lieth.

16 And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even until death.

17 Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: The razor hath never come upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother's womb: if my head be shaven, my strength shall depart from me, and I shall become weak, and shall be like other men.

18 Then seeing that be had discovered to her all his mind, she sent to the princes of the Philistines, saying: Come up this once more, for now he hath opened his heart to me. And they went up taking with them the money which they had promised.

Judges 16:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:16With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, [so] that his soul was vexed unto death;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed to death;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed to death;