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.

[16:12]  ¹ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:12]  ² tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”

[16:12]  ³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “burned with.”

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “his bonds.”