If they bind: Judges 16:10; 1 Samuel 19:17, 1 Samuel 21:2-3, 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.
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Judges 16:7
Judges 16:7
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