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Selected Verse: Judges 16:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 16:17 |
Strong Concordance |
That he told [05046] her all his heart [03820], and said [0559] unto her, There hath not come [05927] a razor [04177] upon mine head [07218]; for I have been a Nazarite [05139] unto God [0430] from my mother's [0517] womb [0990]: if I be shaven [01548], then my strength [03581] will go [05493] from me, and I shall become weak [02470], and be like any other man [0120]. |
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King James |
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me--His herculean powers did not arise from his hair, but from his peculiar relation to God as a Nazarite. His unshorn locks were a sign of his Nazaritism, and a pledge on the part of God that his supernatural strength would be continued. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If I be shaven - Not that his hair was in itself the cause of his strength, but because it was the chief condition of that covenant, whereby God was pleased to ingage himself to fit him for, and assist him in that great work to which he called him: but upon his violation of the condition, God justly withdraws his help. (EFN Isa 40:31; Psa 29:11) |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me - The miraculous strength of Samson must not be supposed to reside either in his hair or in his muscles, but in that relation in which he stood to God as a Nazarite, such a person being bound by a solemn vow to walk in a strict conformity to the laws of his Maker. It was a part of the Nazarite's vow to permit no razor to pass on his head; and his long hair was the mark of his Nazirate, and of his vow to God. When Samson permitted his hair to be shorn off, he renounced and broke his Nazir vow; in consequence of which God abandoned him, and therefore we are told, in Jdg 16:20, that the Lord was departed from him. |
11 The LORD [03068] will give [05414] strength [05797] unto his people [05971]; the LORD [03068] will bless [01288] his people [05971] with peace [07965].
31 But they that wait [06960] upon the LORD [03068] shall renew [02498] their strength [03581]; they shall mount up [05927] with wings [083] as eagles [05404]; they shall run [07323], and not be weary [03021]; and they shall walk [03212], and not faint [03286].
20 And she said [0559], The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And he awoke [03364] out of his sleep [08142], and said [0559], I will go out [03318] as at other times before [06471], and shake [05287] myself. And he wist [03045] not that the LORD [03068] was departed [05493] from him.