Judges 14:4

14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, 1  because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines 2  (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes 3  and gave them 4  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. 5 

Romans 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, 6  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 7  says the Lord.

1 tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”

2 tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”

3 tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

4 tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

5 tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

6 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

7 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.