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Judges 16:8
Judges 16:8 is verse 8 of Judges chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
King James Version
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
World English Bible
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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Judges 16:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
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Cross-references
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Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.