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.

13 ¶ Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled me, and told me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bound. [a]And he said unto her, If thou plattedst seven locks of mine head with the threads of the woof.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:13 It is impossible if we give place to our wicked affections, but at length we shall be destroyed.

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