Judges 16:13 (GNV)

Passage

Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled mee, and tolde me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bounde. And he sayde vnto her, If thou plattedst seuen lockes of mine head with the threedes of the woufe.

Nearby Context

Judges 16:11 Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shall I be weake, and be as an other man.

Judges 16:12 Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede.

Judges 16:13 Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled mee, and tolde me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bounde. And he sayde vnto her, If thou plattedst seuen lockes of mine head with the threedes of the woufe.

Judges 16:14 And she fastened it with a pinne, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and went away with the pinne of the webbe and the woufe.

Judges 16:15 Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "afterward", "delilah", "said", "samson", "hitherto", "thou", "hast", and "beguiled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "afterward" and "delilah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes and bounde..." into verse 14's "And she fastened it with a pinne...", so "afterward" and "delilah" 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 "afterward" and "delilah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.