NET Bible
"Delilah said to Samson,“Look, you deceived me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”"
— Judges 16:10, NET Bible
“And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.”
“And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. ”
“Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."”
“And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.”
“Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands?”
“And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.”
Samson said to her,“If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and she tied him up with them.
They hid in the bedroom and then she said to him,“The Philistines are here, Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. The secret of his strength was not discovered.
Delilah said to Samson,“Look, you deceived me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”
He said to her,“If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him,“The Philistines are here, Samson!”(The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) But he tore the ropes from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.
Delilah said to Samson,“Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued.” He said to her,“If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man.”