Judges 16:8

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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WEBBE

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

BSB

So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.

KJV

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

ASV

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

BBE

So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.

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וַיַּעֲלוּ־ vai·ya·'a·lu- and they brought up H5927 לָהּ lah to (the) her H9034 סַרְנֵי sar·nei [the] rulers of H5633 פְלִשְׁתִּים fe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 שִׁבְעָה shiv·'ah 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 had been dried H2717 וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ va·ta·'as·re·hu and she bound him H631 בָּהֶם ba·hem with (the) them H9038

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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