Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ¹  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ²  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ³  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ⁴ 

Judges 16:12

16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, ⁵  Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) ⁶  But he tore the ropes ⁷  from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

¹ 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).

² tn Heb “are upon you.”

³ tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

⁴ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”

⁵ tn Heb “are upon you.”

⁶ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”

⁷ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.