Judges 16:7

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.

And Samson {H8123} said {H559} unto her, If they bind {H631} me with seven {H7651} green {H3892} withs {H3499} that were never dried {H2717}, then shall I be weak {H2470}, and be as another {H259} man {H120}.

Shimshon replied, "If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have never been dried, I will become as weak as any other man."

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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Cross-References

  • Colossians 3:9 (2 votes)

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  • Romans 3:8 (2 votes)

    And not [rather], (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

  • 1 Samuel 27:10 (2 votes)

    And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

  • Judges 16:10 (2 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 19:17 (2 votes)

    And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

  • Galatians 6:7 (2 votes)

    Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

  • 1 Samuel 21:2 (2 votes)

    And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place.