Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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 said unto him, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked and went away with the nail that was in the plaiting and with the hair lace. 15 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." 16 And as she lay upon him with her words continually vexing of him, his soul was encumbered even unto the death.
Cross References
Judges 14:16
Then Samson's wife wept unto him and said, "It cannot be but that thou hatest me and lovest me not: for thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my folk and wilt not tell me what it meaneth." And he said, "Behold, I have not told it my father, nor my mother, and should I tell it thee?"
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Deuteronomy 6:5
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul and with all thy might.
1 Samuel 15:13-14
And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said unto him, "Blessed be thou in the LORD. I have done the commandment of the LORD."
2 Samuel 16:17
And Absalom said again to Hushai, "Is this the kindness thou owest to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with him?"
Proverbs 2:16
That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,
Proverbs 5:3-14
For the lips of a harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer than oil.
Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.
Song of Songs 8:6-7
O set me as a seal upon thine heart, and as a seal upon thine arm: for love is mighty as the death, and jealousy as the hell. Her coals are of fire, and a very flame of the LORD:
John 14:15
"If ye love me, keep my commandments,
John 14:21-24
He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, the same is he that loveth me: and he shall be loved of my father, and I will love him, and will show mine own self unto him."
John 15:10
If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love: even as I have kept my father's commandments, and abide in his love.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, if one be dead for all, that then are all dead:
1 John 2:15-16
See that ye love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him.
1 John 5:3
This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous.