Jueces 16:17

17 Entonces finalmente Sansón le reveló su secreto: «Nunca se me ha cortado el cabello —le confesó—, porque fui consagrado a Dios como nazareo desde mi nacimiento. Si me raparan la cabeza, perdería la fuerza, y me volvería tan débil como cualquier otro hombre».

Jueces 16:17 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 16:17

That he told her all his heart
All that was in his heart concerning this affair, all that he knew relating to it; he had told her something before, or at least what came nearer to the truth of the matter, when he directed her to the weaving of his locks into the web; but now he told her all, which is as follows:

and said unto her, there hath not come a razor upon mine head;
his head had never been shaved since he was born; which was the order of the angel that foretold his birth, and it had been carefully observed to that time:

for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb;
one condition of which, or what was enjoined a Nazarite, was, that he should not be shaved, and which had been religiously observed in Samson; and whereas abstinence from wine and strong drink was another part of the law of Nazariteship, or what such persons were obliged unto, what Josephus says concerning Samson being drunk in the above cases could not be true; since his Nazariteship would have been made void by it, and so have affected his strength: but it must be owned that there were other things Nazarites were obliged to, which were dispensed with, as has been observed in the case of Samson, a perpetual Nazarite; and therefore it is probable, that the principal thing he was to regard, and upon which his strength was continued, was not shaving his head:

if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become
weak, and be like any other man;
in which he says more than he ever did before, namely, that his strength should go from him; for though that did not arise from his hair, yet the keeping on of that was the condition of his retaining it.

Jueces 16:17 In-Context

15 Entonces Dalila, haciendo pucheros, le dijo: «¿Cómo puedes decirme “te amo” si no me confías tus secretos? ¡Ya te has burlado de mí tres veces y aún no me has dicho lo que te hace tan fuerte!».

16 Día tras día lo estuvo fastidiando hasta que se hartó de tanta insistencia.

17 Entonces finalmente Sansón le reveló su secreto: «Nunca se me ha cortado el cabello —le confesó—, porque fui consagrado a Dios como nazareo desde mi nacimiento. Si me raparan la cabeza, perdería la fuerza, y me volvería tan débil como cualquier otro hombre».

18 Así que Dalila se dio cuenta de que por fin Sansón le había dicho la verdad, y mandó llamar a los gobernantes filisteos. «Vuelvan una vez más —les dijo—, porque al fin me reveló su secreto». Entonces los gobernantes filisteos volvieron con el dinero en las manos.

19 Dalila arrulló a Sansón hasta dormirlo con la cabeza sobre su regazo, y luego hizo entrar a un hombre para que le afeitara las siete trenzas del cabello. De esa forma, comenzó a debilitarlo,
y la fuerza lo abandonó.