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10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies; now please tell me [a]how you may be bound.” 11 And he said to her, “If they bind me tightly with new ropes [b]which have not been used for work, then I will become weak and be like any other man.” 12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Now the men lying in wait were sitting in the inner room. But he snapped [c]the ropes from his arms like a thread.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:10 Lit by what
  2. Judges 16:11 Lit with which work has not been done
  3. Judges 16:12 Lit them