Judges 16:27 (GNV)

Passage

(Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)

Nearby Context

Judges 16:25 And when their heartes were merie, they said, Call Samson, that he may make vs pastime. So they called Samson out of the prison house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they set him betweene the pillars.

Judges 16:26 Then Samson saide vnto the seruant that led him by the hande, Lead me, that I may touch the pillars that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them.

Judges 16:27 (Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)

Judges 16:28 Then Samson called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lord God, I pray thee, thinke vpon me: O God, I beseech thee, strengthen me at this time onely, that I may be at once auenged of the Philistims for my two eyes.

Judges 16:29 And Samson layd hold on the two middle pillars whereupon the house stood, and on which it was borne vp: on the one with his right hand, and on the other with his left.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nowe", "house", "full", "women", "princes", "philistims", "vpon", and "roofe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nowe" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Then Samson saide vnto the seruant that..." into verse 28's "Then Samson called vnto the Lord and...", so "nowe" and "house" 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 "nowe" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.