^16:11He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used,²¹ I will become weak and be just like any other man.” ^16:12So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here,²² Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.)²³ But he tore the ropes²⁴ from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

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21 Heb “with which no work has been done.”
22 Heb “are upon you.”
23 Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”
24 Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to her, “If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.” So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the men lying in ambush were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He told her, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and shouted, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men in ambush were waiting in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

NLTNew Living Translation

Samson replied, “If I were tied up with brand-new ropes that had never been used, I would become as weak as anyone else.”

So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. The men were hiding in the inner room as before, and again Delilah cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But again Samson snapped the ropes from his arms as if they were thread.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with new ropes that have not been used, I will become weak and be like everyone else.” So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them, and she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” (The ambush was sitting in an inner room.) But he snapped them from his arms like thread.

KJV 1900King James 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. Delilah therefore took new 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.

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