Judges 16:8

New King James Version

So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet 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, Whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God shall escape from her, But the sinner shall be trapped by her.

Judges 16:7

And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

Judges 16:9

Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.