<p class="poetry">Although an assailant may overpower<n id="1" /> one person,p> <p class="poetry">two can withstand him.p> <p class="poetry">Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.p>

<p class="poetry">Your lips are like a scarlet thread;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your mouth is lovely.p> <p class="poetry">Your forehead<n id="2" /> behind your veilp> <p class="poetry">is like a slice of pomegranate.p>

that I will take nothing<n id="1" /> belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, &#8216;It is I<n id="2" /> who made Abram rich.&#8217;

So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, &#8220;The Philistines are here,<n id="1" /> Samson!&#8221; (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.)<n id="2" /> But he tore the ropes<n id="3" /> from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.p>

Each of the pillars was about 27 feet<n id="1" /> high, about 18 feet<n id="2" /> in circumference, three inches<n id="3" /> thick, and hollow.

When we invade the land<n id="1" />, tie this red rope<n id="2" /> in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father&#8217;s house.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet<n id="1" /> high and 18 feet<n id="2" /> in circumference.