4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman ||in the valley of cSorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And dthe lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, eEntice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to ||afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven ||green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as †another man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven ||green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it †toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 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. 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with fnew ropes †that never were occupied, gthen shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took fnew ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And hshe fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And she said unto him, iHow canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she kpressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was †vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, lThere hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought mmoney in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to nafflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and oshake myself. And he wist not that pthe Lord was departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and †put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and qbound him with fetters of brass; and rhe did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again ||after he was shaven.