¹⁷So he confided everything to her,^g and he said to her, “A razor has never touched^h my head, for I am a Nazirite of Godⁱ from birth.^j If I am shaved my strength will leave me, and I will become weak, like everyone else.

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Footnotes

gLiterally “he told her all his heart”
hLiterally “has never gone up”
iLiterally “consecrated of God” or “devoted of God”
jLiterally “from the womb of my mother”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God 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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

he told her the whole truth and said to her, “My hair has never been cut, because I am a Nazirite to God from birth. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. “My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else.”

KJV 1900King James Version

That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

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