Hakim-hakim 7:2

7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. ¹  Israel might brag, ²  ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’ ³ 

Hakim-hakim 9:15

9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose ⁴  me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! ⁵  Otherwise ⁶  may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

Hakim-hakim 11:35

11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! ⁷  You have brought me disaster! ⁸  I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 12:3

12:3 When I saw that you were not going to help, ¹⁰  I risked my life ¹¹  and advanced against ¹²  the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up ¹³  to fight with me today?”

Hakim-hakim 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ¹⁴  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ¹⁵  They raped ¹⁶  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “in my shade.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “If not.”

[11:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[11:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”

[11:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”

[12:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you were no deliverer.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX has “no one was helping.”

[12:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I put my life in my hand.”

[12:3]  ¹² tn Heb “crossed over to.”

[12:3]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew adds “against me” here. This is redundant in English and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:25]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.