Judges 16:8

Modern English Version

So the Philistine rulers brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death a woman whose heart is like snares and nets, whose hands are like prison cells. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Judges 16:7

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like an ordinary man.”

Judges 16:9

They lay in wait in her inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” Then he split apart the bowstrings like a single thread is split apart at the touch of fire. So the source of his strength did not become known.