World English Bible
Judges 16:11
“He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”
Verse in context — Judges 16
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.
Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound.
He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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