Judges 16:9 CPDV

⁷  And Samson answered her, 'If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men.'

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

⁹  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.

¹⁰  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.'

¹¹  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.'