¹¹ He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes^(A) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

¹² So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”^(A) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.