Judges 16:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the Philistines took him, and put outh his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. ”

Judges 16:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Put out his eyes - Thus effectually, as they thought, preventing any future mischief on his part, while they prolonged their own triumph and revenge. (Compare Numbers 16:14 ; 2 Kings 25:7 ; Je...
Judges 16:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samson and Delilah. It was quite near his own home, in the Vale of Sorek (Grape Valley), that the Philistines, a ided by the woman who had him in thrall, ultimately got the giant under their power....
Judges 16:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fetters of brass. Hebrew "two brasses". Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the two fetters made of brass. App-6. grind. The work of women and slaves. Denotes the condition to whi...
Judges 16:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But 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. Put out his eyes - Thus was the lust of th...
Judges 16:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Philistines took him, &c.— The design of the Philistines in putting out Samson's eyes, was to prevent him from undertaking any future enterprize against them; thus, by the just judgment of...
Judges 16:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But 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 Philistines took him, and put...
Judges 16:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samson's Escape from Gaza. Delilah's Treachery. Samson's Death 1-3. Samson and Gaza.
Judges 16:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Put out his eyes. — the margin, “bored out,” is more correct. The Arabic version has the curious gloss that they burnt out his eyes with the red-hot style with which stibium (see Job 42:14 ) is...
Judges 16:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH Judges 16:4-31 THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slav...
Judges 16:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Dying with the Philistines Judges 16:15-31 It may be that the razor has already severed your union with Christ. If we abide not in living union with Him, we are cast out as branches from the vi...
Judges 16:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for th...
Judges 16:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But 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. Awfully let us remark the punishment suit...
Judges 16:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the Philistines took him ,.... Being assured by Delilah that his strength was gone from him, of which perhaps she had made trial by binding him, and found he could not free himself from the bond...
Judges 16:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But 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. Ver. 21. Took him, and put out his eyes...
Judges 16:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Philistines put out his eyes Which was done both out of revenge and policy, to disable him from doing them harm, in case he should recover his strength; but not without God's providence, punish...
Judges 16:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samson Betrayed. B. C. 1120. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his hear...
Judges 16:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Philistines now durst apprehend him, because they rested in the assurance which Delilah had given them, that now all was discovered and done. Put out his eyes; which was done by them out of r...
Judges 16:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:21 a ‘And the Philistines laid hold of him.' He saw the Philistines enter the room, their strongest and their best. He exerted himself anticipating that his battle strength would be t...
Judges 16:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Judges 16:1-31 .) SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 16:1 . Then .] And —without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter s and...
Judges 16:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contempora...
Judges 16:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:1 . A harlot, at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2 ., hostess, as some would read, but our version follows the other opinion. Judges...
Judges 16:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then went Samson to Gaza. Pleasure and peril in Gaza For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he...
Judges 16:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 16:1 Then . It should be and. There is nothing to show when the incident occurred. It may have been many years after his victory at hal-Lechi, towards the latter part of...
Judges 16:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson and Delilah
Judges 16:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 33:11 ; 2 Kings 25:7 ; Exodus 11:5 ; Isaiah 47:2 ; Matthew 24:41 ; Proverbs 14:14 ; Proverbs 2:19 ; Proverbs 5:22 ; Psalms 107:10-12 ; Psalms 149:8
Judges 16:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His eyes — Which was done both out of revenge and policy, to disable him from doing them harm, in case he should recover his strength; but not without God's providence, punishing him in that part w...

Judges 16:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 16:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 16:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 16:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 16:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 16:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 16:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 16:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 16:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 16:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 16:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 16:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 16:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 16:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 16:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 16:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 16:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 16:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 16:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes