Judges 16:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven greend withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. ”

Judges 16:7 - 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 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

green withs . green twigs. Anglo-Saxon,. willow, because of its twining and flexibility. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Judges 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Seven green withs - That is, any kind of pliant, tough wood, twist...
Judges 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Bind me with seven green withs. Vine tendrils, pliant twig...
Judges 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samson's Escape from Gaza. Delilah's Treachery. Samson's Death 1-3. Samson and Gaza.
Judges 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Green withs. — The meaning of the words is uncertain. Probably the LXX. and the Vulg. are right in taking them to mean moist, i.e., fresh sinews ( Psalms 11:2 ) (LAX., Neurais hugrais; Vulg.,...
Judges 16:7 - 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 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Playing with the Enemy Judges 16:1-14 Three women, one after another, brought Samson down. If only a noble woman could have influenced him, as Deborah did Barak, how different his record would...
Judges 16:7 - 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 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I see no reason to interrupt the progress of the history through the several relations given, of this artful woman ' s persevering spirit to ruin Samson. But I rather pass on to the spiritual improve...
Judges 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samson said unto her ,.... In answer to her pressing solicitations: if they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried ; the word is sometimes used for nerves, and cords or ropes; bu...
Judges 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Ver. 7. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven gr...
Judges 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee This seems rather to express the sum of what Delilah aimed at than her very words. For it is scarcely credible that she put this question so openly...
Judges 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MORE BAD RELATIONSHIPS (vv. 1-22). Samson had still not learned his lesson as regards Philistine women, and in Gaza he foolishly involved himself with a prostitute. When the Gazites knew of his b...
Judges 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Delilah's Treachery. B. C. 1120. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woma...
Judges 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Samson is guilty both of the sin of lying, though he dress up the lie in such circumstances as might make it most probable; and of great folly, in encouraging her inquiries, which he should at first...
Judges 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh (green) withes that were never dried, then I will become weak, and be as another man.” '
Judges 16:7 - 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 16:7 - 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 16:7 - 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 16:7 - 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 16:7 - 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 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson and Delilah
Judges 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:17 ; 1 Samuel 21:2 ; 1 Samuel 21:3 ; 1 Samuel 27:10 ; Colossians 3:9 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Judges 16:10 ; Proverbs 12:19 ; Proverbs 17:7 ; Romans 3:8
Judges 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Samson said — Samson is guilty both of the sin of lying, and of great folly in encouraging her enquiries, which he should at first have checked: but as he had forsaken God, so God had now forsaken...

Judges 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 16:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 16:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes