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KsiÄga SÄdziów 16:7
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Na to jej odpowiedział Samson: Jesliby mię związano siedmią wici surowych, które jeszcze nie zeschły, tedy nie będę miał mocy a stanę się jako i ini ludzie.
I odpowiedział jej Samson: Jeźliby mię związano siedmią wici surowych, które jeszcze nie uschły, tedy osłabieję, i będę jako inny człowiek.
Samson odpowiedział: Jeśliby mnie związano siedmioma świeżymi, jeszcze nie wyschniętymi ścięgnami, wtedy bym osłabł i stał się jak inni ludzie.
I odpowiedział jej Samson: Jeźliby mię związano siedmią wici surowych, które jeszcze nie uschły, tedy osłabieję, i będę jako inny człowiek.
Samson jej odpowiedział: Gdyby mnie związano siedmioma świeżymi witkami, które jeszcze nie wyschły, wtedy osłabnę i będę jak każdy inny człowiek.
Odpowiedział jej Samson: Jeśli by mnie związano siedmiu świeżymi, jeszcze nie wyschniętymi ścięgnami, osłabnę i stanę się jak każdy inny człowiek.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
If they bind: Judges 16:10, 1 Samuel 19:17, 1 Samuel 21:2, 1 Samuel 21:3, 1 Samuel 27:10, Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 17:7, Romans 3:8, Galatians 6:7, Colossians 3:9
green withs: or, new cords, Heb. moist
another: Heb. one.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 u 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 w observes, and was upon his guard with respect to the secret of his strength.
u Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 9.) w Ibid.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 16:7. Seven green withs — That is, any kind of pliant, tough wood, twisted in the form of a cord or rope. Such are used in many countries formed out of osiers, hazel, c. And in Ireland, very long and strong ropes are made of the fibres of bog-wood, or the larger roots of the fir, which is often dug up in the bogs or mosses of that country. But the Septuagint, by translating the Hebrew יתרים לחים yetharim lachim by νευραις ὑγραις, and the Vulgate by nerviceis funibus, understand these bonds to be cords made of the nerves of cattle, or perhaps rather out of raw hides, these also making an exceedingly strong cord. In some countries they take the skin of the horse, cut it lengthwise from the hide into thongs about two inches broad, and after having laid them in salt for some time, take them out for use. This practice is frequent in the country parts of Ireland and both customs, the wooden cord, and that made of the raw or green hide, are among the most ancient perhaps in the world. Among the Irish peasantry this latter species of cord is called the tug and is chiefly used for agricultural purposes, particularly for drawing the plough and the harrow, instead of the iron chains used in other countries.