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.”

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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

6Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”

8Then 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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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:17Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

1 Samuel 27:10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”

Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

Galatians 6:7Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, 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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