Judges 16:8

In 11 translations

BSB

So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.

KJV

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist

WEB

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

ASV

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

LSV

And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green cords which have not been dried, and she binds him with them.

YLT

And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.

DBY

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

DRC

And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such is he spoke of, with which she bound him;

GNV

And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith.

JPS

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

LXXE

And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים שִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בָּהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀνήνεγκαν αὐτῇ οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἑπτὰ νευρὰς ὑγρὰς μὴ διεφθαρμένας, καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν αὐταῖς.

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• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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