⁶ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, what gives thee thy great strength and how might thou be bound to afflict thee.

⁷ And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green wicker strands that were never dried, then I shall become weak and be as any other man.

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