Judges 16:7 Parallel Translations

Samson told her, "If someone ties me up with seven new bowstrings that are not dried out, I will be like any other man."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes 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.

DBY:

And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

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."

YLT:

And Samson saith unto her, 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

Judges 16:7 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you."

Judges 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

16:7 Samson said - Samson is guilty both of the sin of lying, and of great folly in encouraging her enquiries, which he should at first have checked: but as he had forsaken God, so God had now forsaken him, otherwise the frequent repetition and vehement urging of this question might easily have raised suspicion in him.

MHC:

16:4-17 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.

CONC:

Anyone Bind Bow-cords Bowstrings Cords Dried Dry Feeble Fresh Green Human I'll Knotted Race Round Samson Seven Thongs Ties Weak Withes Withs

Bind Bow-Cords Bowstrings Cords Dried Dry Human I'll Knotted New Race Round Samson Seven Thongs Ties Weak Withes Withs

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