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 20:37

20:37 The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash ⁴  to Gibeah. They ⁵  attacked ⁶  and put the sword to the entire city.

Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ⁷  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ⁸  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ⁹  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ¹⁰ 

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 “hurried and put off [their hiding place].”

⁵ tn Heb “the men hiding in ambush.”

⁶ tn Or “deployed.” The verb normally means “to lead” or “to draw.”

⁷ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (vÿha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).

⁸ tn Heb “are upon you.”

⁹ tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”