Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And she said to him, How can thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou have mocked me these three times, and have not told me with what thy great strength lays.
New American Standard Bible
Then she said to him, “
King James Version
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Holman Bible
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’”
International Standard Version
Some time later, she asked him, "How can you keep saying "I love you!' when your heart isn't with me? These three times you've lied to me and haven't told me where your great strength lies."
American Standard Version
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Amplified
Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
Bible in Basic English
And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.
Darby Translation
And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies."
Julia Smith Translation
And she will say to him, Wilt thou say, I loved thee, and thy heart not with me? This three times thou didst deceive me, and didst not announce to me in what is thy great strength.
King James 2000
And she said unto him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me how your strength is [so] great."
Modern King James verseion
And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, and your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me in what your great strength lies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then she said unto him, "How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me? For thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth."
NET Bible
She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong."
New Heart English Bible
She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."
The Emphasized Bible
And she said unto him - How canst thou say, I love thee, when, thy heart, is not with me? These three times, hast thou laughed at me, and hast not told me wherein lieth thy great strength.
Webster
And she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me in what thy great strength lieth.
World English Bible
She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."
Youngs Literal Translation
And she saith unto him, 'How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power is.'
Themes
Conspiracy » Instances of » Delilah, against samson
Deception » Instances of » Delilah deceives samson
Friends » False friends » Delilah was false to samson
Samson » A life of contrasts » Yet weak in resisting temptation
Samson » Cohabits with delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the philistines to overcome him
Women » Instances of » Delilah, in her conspiracy against samson
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 16:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson And Delilah
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. 15 And she said to him, How can thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou have mocked me these three times, and have not told me with what thy great strength lays. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
Cross References
Judges 14:16
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou do but hate me, and not love me. Thou have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor m
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
Deuteronomy 6:5
And thou shall love LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
1 Samuel 15:13-14
And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of LORD. I have performed the commandment of LORD.
2 Samuel 16:17
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why did thou not go with thy friend?
Proverbs 2:16
to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 5:3-14
For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
Song of Songs 8:6-7
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm. For love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as Sheol. The flashes of it are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21-24
He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died.
1 John 2:15-16
Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.