Judges Chapter 16 verse 16 Holy Bible
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.
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So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.
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And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.
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And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
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And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed to death;
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It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
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And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - So that. Omit so. The meaning is, that in consequence of her daily solicitation his soul was vexed (Judges 10:16) to death - literally, was so short, so impatient, as to be at the point to die.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) His soul was vexed.--He at last reveals the secret, because he is wearied--literally, his soul is shortened--to death. (Comp. Numbers 21:4-5.) Even the dangerous use which Delilah had made of his last revelation did not rouse his mind from its besotted stupefaction."Swollen with pride, into the snare I fellOf fair fallacious looks, venereal trains,Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life,At length to lay my head and hallowed pledgeOf all my strength in the lascivious lapOf a deceitful concubine."--Milton, Sams. Agon.If he thrice proved his vast strength, he also thrice proved his immense folly. To use his strength in the mere saving of his own life was to squander it, and now, "as if possessed by insanity, he madly trifles with the key of his secret. He risks even the tampering with his hair. From this there is but one step to the final catastrophe" (Ewald).
