19She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.


In Context

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

17 He told her all his heart, and said to her, |No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man.|

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

19 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

20 She said, |The Philistines are upon you, Samson!| He awoke out of his sleep, and said, |I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.| But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him.

21 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 ground at the mill in the prison.

Judges 16:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Having put him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:19But she made him sleep upon her knees, and lay his head in her bosom. And she called a barber, and shaved his seven locks, and began to drive him away, and thrust him from her: for immediately his strength departed from him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19She 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:19And she made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.