Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us 1  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. 2  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. 3  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 11:35

11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! 4  You have brought me disaster! 5  I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” 6 

1 tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

2 tn Heb “did not listen.”

3 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

4 tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

5 tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”

6 tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”