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Juízes 16:7

Listen to Juízes 16:7
7 Respondeu-lhe Sansão: “Se alguém me amarrar com sete tiras de couro[a] ainda úmidas, ficarei tão fraco quanto qualquer outro homem”.

Juízes 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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Juízes 16:7 In-Context

5 Os líderes dos filisteus foram dizer a ela: “Veja se consegue induzi-lo a mostrar para você o segredo da sua grande força e como poderemos dominá-lo, para que o amarremos e o subjuguemos. Cada um de nós dará a você treze quilos de prata”.
6 Disse, pois, Dalila a Sansão: “Conte-me, por favor, de onde vem a sua grande força e como você pode ser amarrado e subjugado”.
7 Respondeu-lhe Sansão: “Se alguém me amarrar com sete tiras de couro ainda úmidas, ficarei tão fraco quanto qualquer outro homem”.
8 Então os líderes dos filisteus trouxeram a ela sete tiras de couro ainda úmidas, e Dalila o amarrou com elas.
9 Tendo homens escondidos no quarto, ela o chamou: “Sansão, os filisteus o estão atacando!” Mas ele arrebentou as tiras de couro como se fossem um fio de estopa posto perto do fogo. Assim, não se descobriu de onde vinha a sua força.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Ou "sete cordas de arco; " também nos versículos 8 e 9.

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