Judges 16:11

He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

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WEBBE

He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

BSB

He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

KJV

And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

ASV

And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

BBE

And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵלֶיהָ 'e·lei·ha to her H413 אִם־ 'im- (if) H518 אָסוֹר 'a·sor certainly [if] (to bind) H631 יַאַסְרוּנִי ya·'as·ru·ni they will bind me H631 בַּעֲבֹתִים ba·'a·vo·tim with ropes H5688 חֲדָשִׁים cha·da·shim new H2319 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 נַעֲשָׂה na·'a·sah it has been done H6213 בָהֶם va·hem with (the) them H9038 מְלָאכָה me·la·khah work H4399 וְחָלִיתִי ve·cha·li·ti and I will be weak H2470 וְהָיִיתִי ve·ha·yi·ti and I will be H1961 כְּאַחַד ke·'a·chad like one of H259 הָאָדָם ha·'a·dam (the) humankind H120

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–17

Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The anguish of the suffering is ten thousand times greater than all the pleasures of the sin.

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