Jueces 16:7

Listen to Jueces 16:7
7 Sans贸n le respondi贸:鈥擲i se me ata con siete cuerdas de arco[a] que todav铆a no est茅n secas, me debilitar茅 y ser茅 como cualquier otro hombre.

Jueces 16:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 16:7

And Samson said unto her
In answer to her pressing solicitations:

if they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried;
the word is sometimes used for nerves, and cords or ropes; but neither of these can be here meant, since these, if moistened or made wet, are the less fit to bind with, and the drier the better; but rods or branches of trees just cut off, such as faggots are bound up with, or green osiers, which are easily bent and twisted, and may bind with; Josephus F21 calls them vine branches:

then shall I be weak, and be as another man;
which cannot well be excused from a lie; for Samson knew full well that being bound would not weaken his strength; but as he had fallen into one sin, it is no wonder he was drawn into another: unless this can be understood, as it is by some, as jesting with her; however, it shows that he was "compos mentis", as Josephus F23 observes, and was upon his guard with respect to the secret of his strength.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 9.)
F23 Ibid.
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Jueces 16:7 In-Context

5 Los jefes de los filisteos fueron a verla y le dijeron: 芦Sed煤celo, para que te revele el secreto de su tremenda fuerza y c贸mo podemos vencerlo, de modo que lo atemos y lo tengamos sometido. Cada uno de nosotros te dar谩 mil cien monedas de plata禄.
6 Dalila le dijo a Sans贸n:鈥擠ime el secreto de tu tremenda fuerza, y c贸mo se te puede atar y dominar.
7 Sans贸n le respondi贸:鈥擲i se me ata con siete cuerdas de arco que todav铆a no est茅n secas, me debilitar茅 y ser茅 como cualquier otro hombre.
8 Los jefes de los filisteos le trajeron a ella siete cuerdas de arco que a煤n no se hab铆an secado, y Dalila lo at贸 con ellas.
9 Estando unos hombres al acecho en el cuarto, ella le grit贸:鈥斅ans贸n, los filisteos se lanzan sobre ti!Pero 茅l rompi贸 las cuerdas como quien rompe un pedazo de cuerda chamuscada. De modo que no se descubri贸 el secreto de su fuerza.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "cuerdas de arco" . Alt. "correas nuevas" ; tambi茅n en vv. 8 y 9.
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