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.|


In Context

4 It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

5 The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, |Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.|

6 Delilah said to Samson, |Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.|

7 Samson 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.|

8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

9 Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, |The Philistines are on you, Samson!| He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

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 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 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.