Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was asking who he was and what he had done.
Judges 16:12 - The Scriptures 2009 And Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Shimshon!” And those lying in wait were sitting in the inner room. But he broke them off his arms like a thread. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And the men lying in wait were in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like [sewing] thread. American Standard Version (1901) So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread. Common English Bible So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out to him, “Samson, the Philistines are on you!” Once again, an ambush was waiting in an inner room. Yet he snapped them from his arms like thread. Catholic Public Domain Version Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson; there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs. |
Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was asking who he was and what he had done.
When he came to Leḥi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. And the Spirit of יהוה came mightily upon him. And the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands.
And he said to her, “If they bind me tightly with new ropes that have never been used, then I shall be weak, and be like any other man.”
So Delilah said to Shimshon, “Until now you have mocked me and spoken lies to me, reveal to me how you might be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.”