Judges 16:5

16:5 The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate ¹  him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”

Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ²  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ³  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ⁴  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ⁵ 

[16:5]  ¹ tn Heb “subdue him in order to humiliate him.”

[16:9]  ² 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).

[16:9]  ³ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”