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Judges 16:6

DelilahSamson

4 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

5 The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

7 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.”

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

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BSB
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
KJV
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
WEB
Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”
ASV
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
DARBY
Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.
BLB
And Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, please, in what [is] your great power, and with what may you be bound to afflict you.”
ÅB
Så sa Dalila til Samson: Kjære, la meg få vite hvori din store styrke ligger, og hvordan du kan bindes, så en får bukt med deg!
OTB
Delila spurte Samson, "Vær så snill å fortelle meg hemmeligheten til din store styrke og hvordan du kan bindes og underkues."
B1930
Så sa Dalila til Samson: Kjære, la mig få vite hvori din store styrke ligger, og hvorledes du kan bindes, så en får bukt med dig!

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