Then the commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and began investigating what he had done.
Judges 16:12 - Tree of Life Version So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Yet while the ambush was waiting in the inner room, he snapped them from his arms like a thread. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And the men lying in wait were in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like [sewing] thread. American Standard Version (1901) So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread. Common English Bible So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out to him, “Samson, the Philistines are on you!” Once again, an ambush was waiting in an inner room. Yet he snapped them from his arms like thread. Catholic Public Domain Version Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson; there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs. |
Then the commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and began investigating what he had done.
When he arrived at Lehi, the Philistines shouted upon meeting him. But the Ruach Adonai came mightily upon him so that the ropes that were on his arms became like flax burned with fire and his bonds melted off his wrists.
He told her, “If they only bind me with new ropes never used for work, then I will be weak and be like any other man.”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you’ve mocked me and told me lies! Tell me how you can be bound!” He told her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web of a loom.”