Judges 16:12 (DBY)

Passage

And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

Nearby Context

Judges 16:10 And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.

Judges 16:11 And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes, with which no work has been done, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

Judges 16:12 And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

Judges 16:13 And Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web.

Judges 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "delilah", "took", "ropes", "bound", "said", "philistines", "upon", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "delilah" and "took", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And he said to her If they..." into verse 13's "And Delilah said to Samson Hitherto thou...", so "delilah" and "took" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "delilah" and "took" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.