Judges 16:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁸ Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then the Philistine lords brought to her seven fresh, strong bowstrings, still moist, and she bound him with them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Common English Bible

⁸ So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that weren’t dried out, and she tied him up with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.

Judges 16:8 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Judges 16:7

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.

Judges 16:9

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.