Judges 16:12

16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, ¹  Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) ²  But he tore the ropes ³  from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

Judges 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ⁴  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ⁵  fire, and they ⁶  melted away from his hands.

¹ tn Heb “are upon you.”

² tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”

³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “rushed on.”

⁵ tn Heb “burned with.”

⁶ tn Heb “his bonds.”