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Judges 16:7
Judges 16:7 is verse 7 of Judges chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
King James Version
And 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.
World English Bible
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.”
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Judges 16:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
9 While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Judges 16:10Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
1 Samuel 19:17And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
1 Samuel 21:2“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
1 Samuel 21:3Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
1 Samuel 27:10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Romans 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,