Judges 16:14 (ASV)

Passage

And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

Nearby Context

Judges 16:12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.

Judges 16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

Judges 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

Judges 16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

Judges 16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fastened", "said", "philistines", "upon", "thee", "samson", "awaked", and "sleep". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fastened" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And Delilah said unto Samson Hitherto thou..." into verse 15's "And she said unto him How canst...", so "fastened" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fastened" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.