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."


In Context

4 Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.

5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, "See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver."

6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued."

7 Samson answered her, "If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs that have not been dried, 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.

Judges 16:7 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And 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.

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.