Judges 16:8

Judges 16:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them.

Context of Judges 16:8

6So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me please, where does your great strength come from? How could you be bound to subdue you?” 7Samson 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.” So the Philistine lords brought up to her seven fresh cords that had never been dried, and she bound him with them, 9while 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. 10Delilah said to Samson, “Oh, you deceived me! You lied to me! Now tell me please, how you can be bound?”

Judges 16:8 word by word

וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים שִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the lordsסֶ֫רֶןseren · lordH5633
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• brought upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• to her sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• greenלַחlach · freshH3892
• withsיֶ֫תֶרyether · cordH3499
• which had not been driedחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to dryH2717
• and she boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631

Cross-references for Judges 16:8

• Ecclesiastes 7:26I 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.

Commentaries on Judges 16:8

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-17Verses 4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-22Samson's downfall and defeat by Delilah, the temptress, is a universally appealing tragedy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. she bound him with them--probably in a sportive manner, to try whether he was jesting or in earnest.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 16:8

• Conspiracy
• Deception
• Delilah
• Friends
• Samson
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Philistines
• Lords of the Philistines
• Delilah
• Feel
• Mock
• Quiet
• Samson
• Sport
• Told
• Dagon

Commentaries on Judges 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings