Judges 16:8 Parallel Translations

The Philistine rulers brought her seven new bowstrings that were not dried out. She tied Samson up with them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes 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.

DBY:

Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.

Judges 16:8 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 16:7 Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man."

Judges 16:9 Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it touches fire. So his strength was not discovered. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

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:

Bindeth Bound Bow-cords Bowstrings Bring Chiefs Cords Dried Dry Fresh Green Knotted Lords Philistines Princes Round Seven Thongs Tied Tightly Withes Withs

Bindeth Bound Bow-Cords Bowstrings Chiefs Cords Dried Dry Knotted Lords New Philistines Princes Rulers Seven Thongs Tied Tightly Withes Withs

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