...lying in wait, and she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. Then Delilah asked him again, and he said, If they bind me fast with...

...in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told...

...according to your need, will come. The withs with which the old serpent hath bound you shall be broken, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. But further, the legs were significant of the walk, the whole converse of the man. " Enoch WALKED with...

...in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 New Ropes.— And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou bast mocked...

...suffered himself to be bound with seven green withs that were never dried. But " he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire." He was next bound with new ropes that had never been used. " And he brake them from off his arms like...

...but fire cannot burn a string from the distance at which it can be smelled. " And he brake the withes as a thread of tow is " broken when it TOUCHETH the fire." Judges, chap. 1 6, verse 9. The word "toucheth" is there translated from the same word that the word...

...in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told...

...to give their conqueror amusement. S:\mson was bound with seven green withs, but they were broken " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire; he was bound with new ropes, but he brake them from off his arms like a thread," the seven locks of...

...seven green twigs, and she said, " The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." But he broke these twigs as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. Twice more he mocked her, first by telling her to bind him with new ropes, and then to plait his hair...

...withs that were never dried — which he himself proposed as an experiment — " he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire" (xvi. 9). Then he smiled at the lords of the Philistines. Then another experiment he would try : —...