Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.” "
— Judges 16:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.”
“And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. ”
“He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."”
“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.””
“And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men.”
“And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man.”
“And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.”
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
And so, those hiding in ambush with her, in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter. And she cried out to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire. And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.
And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”
And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
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.
And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”
And when Delilah had done this, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And arising from sleep, he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.