Judges 16:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that are not dried out, then I shall become weak and be like anyone else.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven fresh, strong gutstrings, still moist, then shall I be weak and be like any other man.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

Common English Bible

⁷ Samson replied to her, “If someone ties me up with seven fresh bowstrings that aren’t dried out, I’ll become weak. I’ll be like any other person.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And Samson answered her, "If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.

Judges 16:7 Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 17:7

Excess speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler.

Romans 3:8

And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their judgment is deserved!

Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices

Judges 16:10

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and told me lies; please tell me how you could be bound.”

Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes your strength so great and how you could be bound, so that one could subdue you.”

Judges 16:8

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

Judges 16:9

While men were lying in wait in an inner chamber, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of fiber snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I kill you?’ ”

1 Samuel 27:10

When Achish asked, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”