Judges 16:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters; he who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Judges 16:7

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

Judges 16:9

Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.