Judges 16:8

Tree of Life Version

So the Philistine lords brought up to her seven fresh cords that had never been dried, and she bound him with them,

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape her, but a sinner will be captured by her.

Judges 16:7

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have never been dried, then I would be weak and be like any other man.”

Judges 16:9

while an ambush was waiting in an inner room. “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” she said to him. But he broke the cords just as a strand of straw snaps when it touches fire. So his strength remained unknown.