Judges 16:7

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

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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 t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

green withs . green twigs. Anglo-Saxon,. willow, because of its twining and flexibility. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
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 with...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samson's Escape from Gaza. Delilah's Treachery. Samson's Death 1-3. Samson and Gaza.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Whether Samson suspects or not, he plays upon her credulity. The supposed secret of the 'green withs,' i.e. undried bowstrings made from the intestin...
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...
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...
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...
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 Ga...
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 Sam...
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...
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 S...
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 scarc...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Delilah's Treachery. B. C. 1120. 4 A...
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 en...
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.”...
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 be...
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...
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, b...
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 s...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson and Delilah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes, seven cords of animal tendons not yet stretched, that were never dried, then shal...
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: bu...

⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of Judges 16:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 16:7