Judges 16:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Cross References

Psalm 58:9

Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

Judges 15:14

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

Judges 16:10

And Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound.”

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 16:8

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