11He said, "If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I'll become as weak as any other man."
11He said, "If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I'll become as weak as any other man."
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh thongs that had not been dried, and she tied him with them.
9 With men hidden in the room, she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" But he snapped the thongs as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have made a fool of me; you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied."
11 He said, "If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I'll become as weak as any other man."
12 So 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.
13 Delilah 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
16:11And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
16:11And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men.
16:11And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
16:11And 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.|
16:11And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
16:11And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were used, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
16:11He said to her, |If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.|
16:11And he saith unto her, 'If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'
16:11And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.