Judges 16:10-12

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ¹  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.” 16:11 He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, ²  I will become weak and be just like any other man.” 16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, ³  Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) ⁴  But he tore the ropes ⁵  from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

[16:10]  ¹ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.

[16:11]  ² tn Heb “with which no work has been done.”

[16:12]  ³ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”

[16:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.