Judges 16:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: Much less do lying lips a prince.

Romans 3:8

and why not (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

Galatians 6:7

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Colossians 3:9

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Judges 16:10

And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

Judges 16:6

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Judges 16:8

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

Judges 16:9

Now she had liers in wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

1 Samuel 27:10

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a raid today? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.