Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. New Living Translation Some time later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the valley of Sorek. English Standard Version After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Berean Standard Bible Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. King James Bible And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. New King James Version Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. New American Standard Bible After this it came about that he was in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. NASB 1995 After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. NASB 1977 After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah. Amplified Bible After this he fell in love with a [Philistine] woman [living] in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Christian Standard Bible Some time later, he fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley. Holman Christian Standard Bible Some time later, he fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley. American Standard Version And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And after that he loved a woman in the Valley of Saruq, and her name was Daliyala Brenton Septuagint Translation And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Alsorech, and her name was Dalida. Contemporary English Version Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley. Douay-Rheims Bible After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila. English Revised Version And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. GOD'S WORD® Translation After [leaving Gaza], he fell in love with a woman in the Sorek Valley. Her name was Delilah. Good News Translation After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley. International Standard Version After this incident, he loved a woman in Sorek Valley whose name was Delilah. JPS Tanakh 1917 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Literal Standard Version And it comes to pass afterward that he loves a woman in the Valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah, Majority Standard Bible Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. New American Bible After that he fell in love with a woman in the Wadi Sorek whose name was Delilah. NET Bible After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley. New Revised Standard Version After this he fell in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. New Heart English Bible It came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. World English Bible It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name is Delilah, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Samson and Delilah4 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”… Cross References Judges 16:3 But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron. Judges 16:5 The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, "Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver." Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. he loved 1 Kings 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. in the valley or by the brook Jump to Previous Afterward Afterwards Delilah Deli'lah Loved Loveth Time ValleyJump to Next Afterward Afterwards Delilah Deli'lah Loved Loveth Time ValleyJudges 16 1. Samson at Gaza escapes, and carries away the gates of the city4. Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, entices Samson 6. Thrice she is deceived 15. At last she overcomes him 21. The Philistines take him, and put out his eyes 22. His strength renewing, he pulls down the house upon the Philistines and dies (4) He loved a woman.--Delilah was not, as Milton represents, his wife. Josephus (Antt. v. 8, ? 11) says that she was one who played the harlot among the Philistines, and the fathers all speak of her in similar terms. Nor is it at all clear--as is generally assumed--that she was a Philistine. In the valley of Sorek.--The English Version here follows the Vulgate, but the word for valley is nachal, and the words may mean (as the LXX. take them) "on the brook of Sorek." Sorek was not in the Philistine district, but was near Samson's native town of Zorah (Judges 13:2). It seems to have derived its name from the "choice vines" that grew there (Genesis 49:11; Isaiah 5:2; Jeremiah 2:21, Hebr.). Delilah.--The "tender" or "delicate." Ewald thinks it means "the traitress," referring to Journ. Asiat., 2:389. The Rabbis refer it to the root daldal, "to debilitate." Verse 4. - Sorek. See Judges 14:5, note. The name has not yet been discovered as applied to any existing spot; but Eusebius in the 'Onomasticon' speaks of a village Caphar-sorek as still existing near Zorah. The term valley (nachal) describes a wady, i.e. a narrow valley with a stream.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Some time later,אַחֲרֵי־ (’a·ḥă·rê-) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part [Samson] fell in love with וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f a woman אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female in the Valley בְּנַ֣חַל (bə·na·ḥal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft of Sorek, שֹׂרֵ֑ק (śō·rêq) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7796: choice vines', a valley where Delilah lived whose name וּשְׁמָ֖הּ (ū·šə·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8034: A name was Delilah. דְּלִילָֽה׃ (də·lî·lāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1807: Delilah -- Philistine mistress of Samson Links Judges 16:4 NIVJudges 16:4 NLT Judges 16:4 ESV Judges 16:4 NASB Judges 16:4 KJV Judges 16:4 BibleApps.com Judges 16:4 Biblia Paralela Judges 16:4 Chinese Bible Judges 16:4 French Bible Judges 16:4 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 16:4 It came to pass afterward that he (Jd Judg. 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