Judges 16:8

American King James Version (1999)

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

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: whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Judges 16:7

And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green thongs 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 to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he broke the thongs, as a thread of wick is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.