Hakim-hakim 18:9-10

18:9 They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, ¹  for ²  we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, ³  but don’t hesitate ⁴  to invade and conquer ⁵  the land. 18:10 When you invade, ⁶  you will encounter ⁷  unsuspecting people. The land is wide! ⁸  God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” ⁹ 

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Arise, and let us go up against them.”

[18:9]  ² tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX adds “we entered and walked around in the land as far as Laish and.”

[18:9]  ³ tn Heb “But you are inactive.”

[18:9]  ⁴ tn Or “be lazy.”

[18:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “to go”; “to enter”; “to possess.”

[18:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “When you enter.”

[18:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will come to.”

[18:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”

[18:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”