7And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.


In Context

4 After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila.

5 And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

6 And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is wherewith if thou wert bound thou couldst not break loose.

7 And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.

8 And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such is he spoke of, with which she bound him;

9 Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength Jay.

Judges 16:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:7Samson answered her, "If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs that have not been dried, I'll become as weak as any other man."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson said to her, |If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green withs, that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7Samson said to her, |If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson saith unto her, 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green thongs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.