Judges 16:7 And Samson said unto her: 'If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.' (JPS DBY RSV)
Judges 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. (JPS DBY RSV)
Judges 16:9 Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. (JPS DBY RSV)
Psalms 21:12 For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them. (JPS ASV NAS)