Judges 16:11
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied , then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And he said unto her,.... Abarbinel presents Samson replying to her, that he had told her the truth at first, only forgot one circumstance, that the "cords", for so he takes the word for "withs" to…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Occupied - The margin, “wherewith work hath not been done,” is better.
The burnt child dreads the fire; yet Samson, that has more than the strength of a man, in this comes short of the wisdom of a child; for, though he had been more than once brought into the highest…
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