Judges 16:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ Some men were hiding in the bedroom waiting for her ⌞to tie him up⌟. Then she said to him, “Samson, the Philistines are attacking!” Samson snapped the bowstrings as a thread snaps when it touches fire. So no one found out why he was so strong.

¹⁰ Delilah told Samson, “Look, you’re making fun of me by telling me lies. Now, tell me how you can be tied up.”

¹¹ Samson told her, “If someone ties me up tightly with new ropes that have never been used, I will be like any other man.”