# Judges 16

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 22 | 70.97%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 3 | 9.68%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 6 | 19.35%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 388 | 95.33%
NIV2011 changed words | 19 | 4.67%
NIV2011 removed words | 17 |
NIV2011 added words | 21 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
16:7 | NIV2011 | Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” | Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” | Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
16:8 | NIV2011 | Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh thongs that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. | Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh thongs that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. | Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh thongs bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them.
16:9 | NIV2011 | With men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the thongs as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered. | With men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the thongs as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered. | With men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the thongs bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
16:13 | NIV2011 | Delilah then said to Samson, “Until now, you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.” He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric | Delilah then said to Samson, “Until now, you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.” He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric | Delilah then said to Samson, “Until now, All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.” He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric
16:16 | NIV2011 | With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death. | With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death. | With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired sick to death of it.
16:17 | tNIV | So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.” | So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite set apart dedicated to God since birth from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.” | So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite set apart dedicated to God since birth from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
16:19 | NIV2011 | Having put him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him. | Having put him to sleep on her lap, she called a man for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him. | Having put After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called a man for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him.
16:21 | tNIV | Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding in the prison. | Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison. | Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
16:28 | tNIV | Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” | Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O Please, God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” | Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O Please, God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.”