10 ¶ After Delilah said unto Samson, See, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. I pray thee now, [a]tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.

11 Then he answered her, If they bind me with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wait in the chamber) and he brake them from his arms, as a thread.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:10 Though her falsehood tended to make him lose his life, yet his affection so blinded him, that he could not beware.

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