Judges 16:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ So the Philistine lords brought up to her seven fresh cords that had never been dried, and she bound him with them,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then the Philistine lords brought to her seven fresh, strong bowstrings, still moist, and she bound him with them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Common English Bible

⁸ So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that weren’t dried out, and she tied him up with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.

Judges 16:8 Tagairtí Cros

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.