Hakim-hakim 3:17

3:17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Hakim-hakim 4:18

4:18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, ¹  my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera ²  stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.

Hakim-hakim 5:16

5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, ³ 

listening to the shepherds playing their pipes ⁴  for their flocks? ⁵ 

As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

Hakim-hakim 7:21

7:21 They stood in order ⁶  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ⁸  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁹  (The Midianites ¹⁰  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Hakim-hakim 9:4

9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous ¹¹  men as his followers. ¹² 

Hakim-hakim 10:15

10:15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, ¹³  but deliver us today!” ¹⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 10:18

10:18 The leaders ¹⁵  of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge ¹⁶  against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”

Hakim-hakim 11:25

11:25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? ¹⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 16:11

16:11 He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, ¹⁸  I will become weak and be just like any other man.”

Hakim-hakim 19:8

19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. ¹⁹  Wait until later in the day to leave!” ²⁰  So they ate a meal together.

[4:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).

[4:18]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:16]  ³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Or “whistling.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

[7:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ⁷ tn Or “fled.”

[8:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “empty and reckless.”

[9:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and they followed him.”

[10:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to all whatever is good in your eyes.”

[10:15]  ¹⁴ sn You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today. The request seems contradictory, but it can be explained in one of two ways. They may be asking for relief from their enemies and direct discipline from God’s hand. Or they may mean, “In the future you can do whatever you like to us, but give us relief from what we’re suffering right now.”

[10:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the people, the officers.”

[10:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Who is the man who will begin fighting.”

[11:25]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation.

[11:25]  sn Jephthah argues that the Ammonite king should follow the example of Balak, who, once thwarted in his attempt to bring a curse on Israel, refused to attack Israel and returned home (Num 22-24).

[16:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “with which no work has been done.”

[19:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

[19:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”