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Delilah (to Samson): 10 You’re making fun of me now. You haven’t told me the truth. Please tell me: how could I bind you and take away your strength?

Samson: 11 If you were to bind me with new ropes that have never been used, I would be weak and no different from any other man.

12 Using new ropes Delilah bound Samson as he slept. When the warriors had taken their places in the inner chamber, Delilah called out to him.

Delilah: Wake up, Samson! The Philistines are attacking!

But he snapped the ropes like a thread and fended off the attackers. So the secret of his strength remained hidden.

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