Judges 16:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber expecting the event of the thing. And she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire. So it was not known wherein his strength lay.

Cross References

Psalm 58:9

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.

Judges 16:7

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 16:8

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

Judges 16:10

And Dalila said to him: Behold, thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.

Judges 15:14

Now when he was come to the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines shouting went to meet him, the spirit of the Lord came strongly upon him: and as the flax is wont to be consumed at the approach of fire, so the bands with which he was bound were broken and loosed.