Judges 16:7-9

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⁷ “Well,” Samson replied, “if I were tied with seven raw-leather bowstrings, I would become as weak as anyone else.”

⁸ So they brought her the seven bowstrings, and while he slept^[a] she tied him with them. ⁹ Some men were hiding in the next room, so as soon as she had tied him up she exclaimed, “Samson! The Philistines are here!”

Then he snapped the bowstrings like cotton thread,^[b] and so his secret was not discovered.