Judges 16:21

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But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

In other translations

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאחֲזוּהוּvaiyochazuhuand they seized himH270פְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וַיְנַקְּרוּvaynakeruand they gouged outH5365אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֵינָיו'einaveyes hisH5869וַיּוֹרִידוּvaiyoriduand they brought downH3381אוֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853עַזָּתָה'azatahGaza towardsH5804וַיַּאַסְרוּהוּvaiya'asruhuand they bound himH631בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִםbanchushtayimwith <the> bronze fettersH5178וַיְהִיvayhiand he wasH1961טוֹחֵןtochengrindingH2912בְּבֵיתbeveitin [the] house ofH1004הָאֲסוּרִים׃ha'asirimthose imprisonedH631

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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