Judges 16:7

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

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WEBBE

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

BSB

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

KJV

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

ASV

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

BBE

And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, 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 שִׁמְשׁוֹן shim·shon Samson H8123 אִם־ 'im- if H518 יַאַסְרֻנִי ya·'as·ru·ni people will bind me H631 בְּשִׁבְעָה be·shiv·'ah with seven H7651 יְתָרִים ye·ta·rim cords H3499 לַחִים la·chim fresh H3892 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 חֹרָבוּ cho·ra·vu they have been dried H2717 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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