Judges 16:9-11

Revised Geneva Translation

⁹ And she had men lying in wait with her in the chamber. Then she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as a thread of yarn is broken when it feels fire. So, his strength was not known.

¹⁰ Afterward, Delilah said to Samson, “See, you have mocked me and told me lies. I ask you now, please tell me with what you might be bound.

¹¹ Then he answered her, “If they bind me with new ropes that never were used, then shall I be weak and be as another man.”