Judges 16:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

Judges 16:7

Shimshon said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

Judges 16:9

Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner chamber. She said to him, *The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon!* He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.