Judges 16:4-22

LITV^{(i) 4} And it happened afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah. ⁵ And the Philistine rulers came to her and said to her, Entice him, and see in what lies his great strength, and by what we may prevail against him, so that we may bind him, to afflict him. And we will surely each give to you eleven hundred of silver. ⁶ And Delilah said to Samson, Now tell me in what your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound in order to afflict you. ⁷ And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall be weak and shall be as any man. ⁸ And Philistine rulers brought to her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. ⁹ And the ambush was sitting for her in an inner room. And she said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And he broke the bowstrings like a thread of tow when it smells fire. And his strength was not known. ¹⁰ And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have trifled with me, and have told me lies. Now, please tell me with what you may be bound. ¹¹ And he said to her, If they really bind me with new ropes, by which no work has been done, then I shall be weak and shall be as any human being. ¹² And Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, Samson, the Philistines are upon you! And the ambush was sitting in the inner room. And he tore them off his arms like thread. ¹³ And Delilah said to Samson, Until now you have trifled with me, and have told me lies. Tell me with what you may he bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven braids of my head with a web. ¹⁴ And she fastened it with a pin, and said to him, Samson, the Philistines are upon you! And he awoke out of his sleep and pulled out the pin, the hand-loom, and the web. ¹⁵ And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, and your heart is not with me. These three times you have trifled with me, and have not told me where your great strength lies . ¹⁶ And it happened, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and urged him; and his soul was grieved to death, ¹⁷ that he told her all his heart, and said to her, No razor has come on my head, for I am a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I were shaved, my strength would go away from me, and I would be weak, and be like any one of men. ¹⁸ And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart. And she sent and called for the Philistine rulers, saying, Come, for this time he has told me all his heart. And the Philistine rulers came up to her, and brought the silver in their hand. ¹⁹ And she made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man, and had him shave seven braids of his head, and began to afflict him. And his strength departed from him. ²⁰ And she said, Samson, the Philistines are upon you! And He awakened from his sleep, and said, I will go out and shake myself free as time after time. But he did not know that Jehovah had departed from him. ²¹ And the Philistines seized him, and bored out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. And they bound him with bands of bronze. And he was grinding in the house of prisoners. ²² But the hair of his head began to grow, for he had been shaved.