Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then I shall become weak, and be as another man.

And he said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I shall become weak, and be as another man.