Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, - and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
King James Version
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Holman Bible
The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
International Standard Version
Then the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains, and made him grind grain in their prison.
A Conservative Version
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he did grinding in the prison-house.
American Standard Version
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
Amplified
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with [two] bronze chains; and he was forced to be a grinder [of grain into flour at the mill] in the prison.
Bible in Basic English
So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
Darby Translation
And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
Julia Smith Translation
And Philisteim will seize him, and they will bore out his eyes, and will bring him down to Gaza and bind him with fetters of brass, and he will be grinding in the house of bonds.
King James 2000
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he did grind in the prison house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [the] Philistines seized him, gouged his eyes, and brought him to Gaza. They tied him up with bronze shackles, and he became a grinder {in the prison}.
Modern King James verseion
And the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass. And he ground in the prison house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.
NET Bible
The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
New Heart English Bible
The Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
Webster
But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
World English Bible
The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
Themes
physical Bondage » In prison » General references to
Brass » Articles made of » Fetters
Captive » Cruelty to » Blinded
Conspiracy » Instances of » Delilah, against samson
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
Fetters » General references to
Fetters » Made of brass (bronze)
Gaza » Also called azzah » Samson dies at
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
Philistines » Samson » Blinded and imprisoned by
Prisons » General references to
Prisons » Used for confining » Enemies taken captive
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often kept to hard labor
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Putting out the eyes
Topics
Interlinear
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Yarad
N@chosheth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 16:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson And Delilah
20 And she said - The Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and said - I will go out now, as time after time, and shake myself free: he, not knowing, that, Yahweh, had departed from him. 21 And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, - and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison. 22 And the hair of his head began to grow, after he had been shaven.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 11:5
then shall every firstborn in the land of Egypt die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the firstborn of the handmaid who is behind the two millstones, - and every firstborn of beasts;
Isaiah 47:2
Take millstones, and grind meal, - Put back thy veil - tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:
Matthew 24:41
Two women grinding at the mill, - one, is taken near, and, one, is left behind.
2 Kings 25:7
And, the sons of Zedekiah, they slew before his eyes, - and, the eyes of Zedekiah, put they out, and then bound him with fetters of bronze, and brought him into Babylon.
2 Chronicles 33:11
So Yahweh brought in upon them, the captains of the army that belonged to the king of Assyria, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, - and bound him captive with a pair of bronze fetters, and took him away to Babylon.
Psalm 107:10-12
The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;
Psalm 149:8
To bind their kings with fetters, and their honoured ones with iron bands:
Proverbs 2:19
None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Proverbs 14:14
With his own ways, shall be filled the backslider in heart, and, from himself, shall a good man be satisfied .