Verse | Translation | Text |
Jud 16:9 | Strong Concordance | Now there were men lying in wait [0693], abiding [03427] with her in the chamber [02315]. And she said [0559] unto him, The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And he brake [05423] the withs [03499], as a thread [06616] of tow [05296] is broken [05423] when it toucheth [07306] the fire [0784]. So his strength [03581] was not known [03045]. |
King James | Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
there were men lying in wait, abiding . . . in the chamber--The Hebrew, literally rendered, is, "in the inner," or "most secret part of the house." |