12So Deli'lah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, |The Philistines are upon you, Samson!| And the men lying in wait were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.


In Context

9 Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, |The Philistines are upon you, Samson!| But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

10 And Deli'lah said to Samson, |Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound.|

11 And he said to her, |If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.|

12 So Deli'lah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, |The Philistines are upon you, Samson!| And the men lying in wait were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

13 And Deli'lah said to Samson, |Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound.| And he said to her, |If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.|

14 So while he slept, Deli'lah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, |The Philistines are upon you, Samson!| But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.

Judges 16:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:12So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:12Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:12Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson, there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:12So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:12So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And the liers in wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, |The Philistines are on you, Samson!| The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, 'Philistines are upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:12Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.