Judges 16:12

So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

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WEBBE

So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, then said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

BSB

So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

KJV

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

ASV

So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.

BBE

So Delilah took new thick cords, knotting them tightly round him, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And men were waiting secretly in the inner room. And the cords were broken off his arms like threads.

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וַתִּקַּח va·ti·kach and she took H3947 דְּלִילָה de·li·lah Delilah H1807 עֲבֹתִים 'a·vo·tim ropes H5688 חֲדָשִׁים cha·da·shim new H2319 וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ va·ta·'as·re·hu and she bound him H631 בָהֶם va·hem with (the) them H9038 וַתֹּאמֶר va·to·mer and she said H559 אֵלָיו 'e·lav to him H413 פְּלִשְׁתִּים pe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 עָלֶיךָ 'a·lei·kha [are] on you H5921 שִׁמְשׁוֹן shim·shon O Samson H8123 וְהָאֹרֵב ve·ha·'o·rev and the ambusher H693 יֹשֵׁב yo·shev [was] sitting H3427 בֶּחָדֶר be·cha·der in the chamber H2315 וַיְנַתְּקֵם vay·na·te·kem and he tore apart them H5423 מֵעַל me·'al from on H5921 זְרֹעֹתָיו ze·ro·'o·tav arms his H2220 כַּחוּט ka·chut like (the) thread H2339

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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