⁹ Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light.

⁹ Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.