Judges 16:7

And Samson says to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of mankind.”

Literal Standard Version

In The 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.

In Context

6And Delilah says to Samson, “Please declare to me wherein your great power [is], and with what you are bound, to afflict you.”

8And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green cords which have not been dried, and she binds him with them.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:17And Saul says to Michal, “Why have you thus deceived me—that you send my enemy away, and he escapes?” And Michal says to Saul, “He said to me, Send me away. Why do I put you to death?”

1 Samuel 27:10And Achish says, “To where have you pushed today?” And David says, “Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and to the south of the Kenite.”

Proverbs 17:7A lip of excellence is not fitting for a fool, much less a lip of falsehood for a noble.

Galatians 6:7Do not be led astray: God is not mocked; for what a man may sow—that he will also reap,

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:5-18

Delilah's Treachery. ( b. c. 1120.) 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith… Read the whole commentary →

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