13And 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.|


In Context

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.

15 And she said to him, |How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies.|

Judges 16:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:13Delilah 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

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:13And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:13And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:13And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:13And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:13And Delilah said to Samson, hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with what thou mayest be bound. And he said to her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:13Delilah said to Samson, |Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.| He said to her, |If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:13And Delilah saith unto Samson, 'Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, 'If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:13And Delilah said to Samson, Till now you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.