Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Put out his eyes - Thus effectually, as they thought, preventing any future mischief on his part, while they prolonged their own triumph and revenge. (Compare Numbers 16:14; II Kings 25:7; Jeremiah 39:7.)
They applied to the two feet fetters of brass II Samuel 3:34; Jeremiah 52:11, and made him "grind" - the special task of slaves and captives Exodus 11:5; Isaiah 47:2; Lamentations 5:13.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Judges 16:21:
1 Samuel 31:10
Job 31:10
Job 31:10
Amos 1:6
Matthew 24:41
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