Shìshījì 16:6

6 Dà lì lā duì Cānsūn shuō , qiú nǐ gàosu wǒ , nǐ yīn hé yǒu zhème dà de lì qì , dāng yòng hé fǎ kúnbǎng kèzhì nǐ .

Shìshījì 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 16:6

And Delilah said to Samson
At a proper opportunity, when in his hands and caresses, as Josephus relates ^F5, and introduced it in an artful manner, admiring his strange exploits, and wondering how he could perform them:

tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth;
which she proposed seemingly out of mere curiosity, and as it would be a proof of his affection to her, to impart the secret to her:

and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee;
not that she suggested to him that she was desirous to have him afflicted, or to try the experiment herself in order to afflict him, but to know by what means, if he was bound, it would be afflicting to him so that he could not relieve himself; she knew he might be bound, if he would admit of it, as he had been, but she wanted to know how he might be bound, so as to be held, and could not loose himself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 9.)

Shìshījì 16:6 In-Context

4 Hòulái Cānsūn zaì suō liè yù xǐaì yī gè fùrén , míng jiào dà lì là .

5 Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng shàng qù jiàn nà fùrén , duì tā shuō , qiú nǐ kuāng hōng Cānsūn , tàn tàn tā yīn hé yǒu zhème dà de lì qì , wǒmen yòng hé fǎ néng shēng tā , kúnbǎng kèzhì tā . wǒmen jiù mĕi rén gĕi nǐ yī qiā yī bǎi Shĕkèlè yínzi .

6 Dà lì lā duì Cānsūn shuō , qiú nǐ gàosu wǒ , nǐ yīn hé yǒu zhème dà de lì qì , dāng yòng hé fǎ kúnbǎng kèzhì nǐ .

7 Cānsūn huídá shuō , rén ruò yòng qī tiaó wèi gān de qīng shéngzi kúnbǎng wǒ , wǒ jiù ruǎnfuò xiàng biérén yíyàng .

8 Yúshì Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng ná le qī tiaó wèi gān de qīng shéngzi lái , jiāo gĕi fùrén , tā jiù yòng shéngzi kúnbǎng Cānsūn .