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Judges 16:8

6 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.”

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

9 While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

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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.
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.
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.
DARBY
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
BLB
And the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
ÅB
Da kom filistrenes høvdinger opp til henne med syv friske strenger som ikke var blitt tørre; dem bandt hun ham med,
OTB
Lederne av filisterne brakte henne syv friske buestrenger som ikke hadde blitt tørket, og hun bandt ham med dem.
B1930
Da kom filistrenes høvdinger op til henne med syv friske strenger som ikke var blitt tørre; dem bandt hun ham med,

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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