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Myles Coverdale Bible

Judges 16:22

But the heer of his heade beganne to growe agayne, where it was shauen of.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gaza;   Samson;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hair, the;   Head;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Delilah;   Gaza or Azzah;   Harosheth of the Gentiles;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Gaza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Philistines, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gaza;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Philistines;   Samson;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gaza;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'gon;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Hair;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samson;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But his hair began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Hebrew Names Version
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
King James Version
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Lexham English Bible
But the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved off.
English Standard Version
But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
New Century Version
But his hair began to grow again.
New English Translation
His hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.
Amplified Bible
But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved off.
New American Standard Bible
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the heare of his head began to growe againe after that it was shauen.
Legacy Standard Bible
And on some, who are doubting, have mercy;
Contemporary English Version
But they didn't cut his hair any more, so it started growing back.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, after the hair on his head had been cut off, it began growing back again.
Darby Translation
But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.
Easy-to-Read Version
But his hair began to grow again.
George Lamsa Translation
But the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Good News Translation
But his hair started growing back.
Literal Translation
But the hair of his head began to grow, for he had been shaved.
American Standard Version
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Bible in Basic English
But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit the heere of his head began to growe agayne after that he was shauen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, the haire of his head began to grow againe, after he was shauen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
English Revised Version
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Berean Standard Bible
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now hise heeris bigunnen to growe ayen;
Young's Literal Translation
And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
Webster's Bible Translation
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
World English Bible
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
New King James Version
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
New Living Translation
But before long, his hair began to grow back.
New Life Bible
But the hair of his head started to grow again after it was cut off.
New Revised Standard
But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the hair of his head began to grow, after he had been shaven.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now his hair began to grow again,
Revised Standard Version
But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.

Contextual Overview

22 But the heer of his heade beganne to growe agayne, where it was shauen of. 23 Whan ye prynces of the Philistynes were gathered together, to make a greate sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to be ioyfull, they sayde: Oure god hath delyuered Samson or enemye in to or hande. 24 Like wyse whan ye people sawe him, they praysed their god, & sayde: Oure god hath delyuered in to oure handes oure enemye, yt destroyed oure londe, & slewe many of vs. 25 Now whan their hert was ioyfull, they sayde: Let vs fetch Samson, that he maye make some pastyme before vs. Then fetched they Samson out of the preson, & he made pastyme before them. And they set him betwene two pilers. 26 But Samson sayde vnto the lad yt led him by the hande: Let me touche the pilers wher vpon the house stondeth, yt I maye leane ther vnto. 27 As for ye house, it was full of men & wemen. All the prynces of the Philistynes were there also, and vpon the rofe were aboute a thre thousande men and wemen, which behelde what pastyme Samson made. 28 But Samson called vpon the LORDE, & sayde: O LORDE LORDE, thynke vpon me, & strength me but this once O God I beseke the, yt for both myne eyes I maye auege me on the Philistynes. 29 And he toke holde of ye two mydpilers, that the house stode vpon & was holden by, the one in his righte hade, & ye other in his lefte, 30 & saide: My soule dye wt the Philistynes, & he bowed him selfe mightely. Then fell the house vpon the prynces & vpon all the people that were therin, so that there were mo of ye slayne which dyed in his death, the he slewe whyle he lyued. 31 Then came his brethren downe and all his fathers house, and toke him, and caried him vp, and buried him in the graue of his father Manoah betwene Zarga and Esthaol. He iudged Israel twentye yeare.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the hair: Leviticus 26:44, Deuteronomy 32:36, Psalms 106:44, Psalms 106:45, Psalms 107:13, Psalms 107:14

after he was shaven: or, as when he was shaven

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:17 - shall be 1 Chronicles 19:5 - your beards

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. It began to grow immediately no doubt, as it naturally would do; but it is highly probable it grew in an extraordinary manner, and in a short time became as when it was shaved n, as it may be rendered, and upon which his strength was renewed; not that his strength naturally lay in his hair, and so naturally increased as that grew; but he being made sensible of his sin, and repenting of it, renewed his Nazariteship, of which letting his hair grow was a token; and it pleased God, who accepted of his repentance as genuine, of his own good will and pleasure to renew his strength; particularly upon his prayer to him, after related.

n כאשר גלח "ut rasus fuerat", Tigurine version, Vatablus; "ut quum abraderetur", Junius & Tremellius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 16:22. The hair of his head began to grow again — And may we not suppose that, sensible of his sin and folly, he renewed his Nazir vow to the Lord, in consequence of which his supernatural strength was again restored?


 
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