Judges 16:21

Judges chapter 16 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.20And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him.

v.21This passage

v.22Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 107:10
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
2 Chronicles 33:11
Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Proverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Isaiah 47:2
Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
Exodus 11:5
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.