Judges 16:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not dried out, 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such is he spoke of, with which she bound him;

Judges 16:8 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Judges 16:7

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.”

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.