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 7:4

7:4 The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. ⁴  Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. ⁵  When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; ⁶  when I say, ⁷  ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.” ⁸ 

[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.”

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “too many people.”

[7:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “test them for you there.”

[7:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he should go with you.”

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Heb also has “to you.”

[7:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “he should not go.”