Judges 16:12 (YLT)

Passage

And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines <FI>are<Fi> upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

Nearby Context

Judges 16:10 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.'

Judges 16:11 And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

Judges 16:12 And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines <FI>are<Fi> upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

Judges 16:13 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'

Judges 16:14 And she fixeth <FI>it<Fi> with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines <FI>are<Fi> upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "delilah", "taketh", "thick", "bands", "ones", "bindeth", "saith", and "philistines". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "delilah" and "taketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And he saith unto her If they..." into verse 13's "And Delilah saith unto Samson Hitherto thou...", so "delilah" and "taketh" 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 "taketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.