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Judges 16:6-7

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16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.” 1  16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh 2  bowstrings 3  that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”

1 tn Heb “how you can be subdued in order to be humiliated.”

2 tn Or “moist.”

3 tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.



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