Judges 16:8
Good News Translation
So the Philistine kings brought Delilah seven new bowstrings that were not dried out, and she tied Samson up.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not dried out, and she bound him with them.

New American Bible
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not dried, and she bound him with them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;

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And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;

bound him

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Context
Samson and Delilah
7And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men. 8And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;9Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.…
Cross References
Judges 16:7
And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.

Judges 16:9
Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.

Judges 16:7
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