Judges 16:11

He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

In Context

10Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

12So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 29:25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

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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