Parallel Verses
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.
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."
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.
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."
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 So she beat them up with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! And he awaked out of his sleep, and pulled out the pin of the loom, and the warp. 15 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. 16 And it came to pass, when she urged him with her words continually, and pressed him, that his soul became impatient, unto death;
Cross References
Judges 14:16
And the wife of Samson wept upon him, and said - Thou dost, altogether hate me, and dost not love me, a riddle, hast thou put forth to the sons of my people, and, unto me, thou hast not told it! And he said to her, Lo! to my own father and mother, have I not told it, and, to thee, shall I tell it?
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served for Rachel - seven years, - and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her.
Deuteronomy 6:5
Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God, - with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might;
1 Samuel 15:13-14
And Samuel came unto Saul, - and Saul said unto him - Blessed, be thou by Yahweh: I have established the word of Yahweh.
2 Samuel 16:17
Then said Absolom unto Hushai, Is, this, thy lovingkindness unto thy friend? Wherefore wentest thou not with thy friend?
Proverbs 2:16
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
Proverbs 5:3-14
For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
Proverbs 23:26
Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
Song of Songs 8:6-7
SHESet me as a seal, upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm, For, mighty as death, is love, Exacting as hades, is jealousy, - The flames thereof, are flames of fire, The flash of Yah!
John 14:15
If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;
John 14:21-24
He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he, it is that loveth me; and, he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and, I, will love him, and will manifest, myself, unto him.
John 15:10
If, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love, - just as, I, the Father's commandments, have kept, and abide in his love.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For, the love of the Christ, constraineth us; -
1 John 2:15-16
Be not loving the world, nor yet the things that are in the world: if anyone be loving the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 5:3
For, this is the love of God - that, his commandments, we be keeping, and, his commandments, are not burdensome;