World English Bible
Judges 16:7
“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.”
Verse in context — Judges 16
The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.
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.
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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