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
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- Proverbs 2:19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Matthew 24:41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
- Exodus 11:5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
- Isaiah 47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
- Psalm 149:8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
- 2 Kings 25:7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Psalm 107:10-1210 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, 11 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. 12 He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
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People and places
Places: Gaza