Judges 16:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and [a]how you can be bound to humble you.” 7 And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh [b]animal tendons that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man.” 8 Then the governors of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh [c]animal tendons that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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- Judges 16:6 Lit by what
- Judges 16:7 I.e., of a butchered animal, that shrink and hold when drying
- Judges 16:8 See note v 7
Judges 16:6-8
New International Version
6 So Delilah(A) 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 bowstrings 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 bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them.
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