Judges 16:4-22 And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Sorek, and her name was Delilah.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Sorek, and her name was Delilah. ⁵ And the princes of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see where his great strength is, and by what means we may prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give you each eleven hundred pieces of silver. ⁶ And Delilah said to Sampson, Tell me, wherein lies your great strength, and with what may you be bound, that you may be humbled. ⁷ And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak, and be as one of the ordinary men. ⁸ And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them. ⁹ And the men lying in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, the Philistines are upon you, Sampson. And he broke the cords as if anyone should break a strand of yarn when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known. ¹⁰ And Delilah said to Sampson, Behold, you have cheated me, and told me lies; now then, tell me what you shall be bound with. ¹¹ And he said to her, If they should bind me securely with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man. ¹² And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the men lying in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines are upon you, Sampson. And he broke them off his arms like a thread. ¹³ And Delilah said to Sampson, Behold, you have deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I intreat you, what you may be bound with. And he said to her, If you should weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and should fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man. ¹⁴ And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Delilah took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall. Then she said, The Philistines are upon you, Sampson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall. ¹⁵ And Delilah said to Sampson, How can you say I love you, when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have deceived me, and have not told me where your great strength lies. ¹⁶ And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and pestered him, that his spirit failed almost to death. ¹⁷ Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been holy to God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men. ¹⁸ And Delilah saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princes of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands. ¹⁹ And Delilah made Sampson sleep upon her knees. And she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him. ²⁰ And Delilah said, The Philistines are upon you, Sampson. And he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord had departed from him. ²¹ And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he became a grinder in the prison house. ²² And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.