| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Jud 16:12 | Strong Concordance | Delilah [01807] therefore took [03947] new [02319] ropes [05688], and bound [0631] him therewith, and said [0559] unto him, The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And there were liers in wait [0693] abiding [03427] in the chamber [02315]. And he brake [05423] them from off his arms [02220] like a thread [02339]. |
| King James | 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. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| new ropes--It is not said of what material they were formed; but from their being dried, it is probable they were of twigs, like the former. The Hebrew intimates that they were twisted, and of a thick, strong description. |