Judges 16:12

WEB

So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

KJV

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

Commentary

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith,.... Tried this experiment with him, according to his d irections, being very desirous of getting the sum of money offered her: and said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee, Samson: using the same words, and with the same view as she had done before, Jdg 16:9 . (and there were liers in wait abiding the chamber); as before, ready upon occasion to rush in upon him, as soon as any notice was given them: and he brake them from off his arms like a thread; as easily as a thread of linen can be snapped asunder.