11 He told her, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used,(A) I will become weak and be like any other man.”

12 Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and shouted, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”[a] But while the men in ambush were waiting in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:12 Lit are on you

11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(A) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(B) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

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