Judges 16:4

16:4 After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.

Judges 5:31

5:31 May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord!

But may those who love you shine

like the rising sun at its brightest!” ¹ 

And the land had rest for forty years.

Judges 14:16

14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder ²  and said, “You must ³  hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men ⁴  a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?” ⁵ 

Judges 16:15

16:15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? ⁶  Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”

¹ tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”

¹ tn Heb “on him.”

² tn Heb “only”; or “simply.”

³ tn Heb “the sons of my people.”

⁴ tn Heb “Should I tell you?”

¹ tn Heb “when your heart is not with me.”