Judges 16:7

7Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

7And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh 16:7 I.e., of a butchered animal, that shrink and hold when dryinganimal tendons that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man.”

7Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man.”

7Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords (16:7 Animal tendons were used as bowstrings. When they were freshly cut, they would contract as they dried, and Samson pretended that he would be incapacitated at that point.tendons) that have not been dried, then I will be weak and be like any [other] man.”

7Samson 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.”

7Samson answered her, “Let someone tie me up with seven new bowstrings. They must be strings that aren’t completely dry. Then I’ll become as weak as any other man.”