Judges 16:7
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And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.

if they bind

Judges 16:10 And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.

1 Samuel 19:17 And Saul said to Michol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee away? And Michol answered Saul: Because he said to me: Let me go, or else I will kill thee.

1 Samuel 21:2,3 And David said to Achimelech, the priest: The king hath commanded me a business, and said: Let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me, and what manner of commands I have given thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. . . .

1 Samuel 27:10 And Achis said to him: Whom hast thou gone against to day? David answered: Against the south of Juda, and against the south of Jerameel, and against the south of Ceni.

Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.

Romans 3:8 And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.

Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived: God is not mocked.

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds,

green withs, or new cords.

Context
Samson and Delilah
6And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is, wherewith if thou wert bound, thou couldst not break loose. 7And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.8And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;…
Cross References
Judges 16:6
And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is, wherewith if thou wert bound, thou couldst not break loose.

Judges 16:8
And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;

Judges 16:9
Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.

Lexicon
Samson
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (šim·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

told her,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they tie me up
יַאַסְרֻ֗נִי (ya·’as·ru·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

with seven
בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה (bə·šiḇ·‘āh)
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

fresh
לַחִ֖ים (la·ḥîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3892: Fresh, unused, undried

bowstrings
יְתָרִ֥ים (yə·ṯā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

have not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been dried,
חֹרָ֑בוּ‪‬ (ḥō·rā·ḇū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill

I will become as weak
וְחָלִ֥יתִי (wə·ḥā·lî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2470: To be weak or sick

as any
כְּאַחַ֥ד (kə·’a·ḥaḏ)
Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

other man.”
הָאָדָֽם׃ (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being


Additional Translations
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 to her, If they bind me with seven green thongs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another 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.

And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.

And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another 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.

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

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

And Samson saith unto her, 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'
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