有人预先埋伏在妇人的内室里。妇人说：“参孙哪！非利士人拿你来了。”参孙就挣断绳子，如挣断经火的麻线一般。这样他力气的根由人还是不知道。

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.