Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ¹  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ²  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ³  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 5:11

5:11 Hear ⁴  the sound of those who divide the sheep ⁵  among the watering places;

there they tell of ⁶  the Lord’s victorious deeds,

the victorious deeds of his warriors ⁷  in Israel.

Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –

Judges 16:19

16:19 She made him go to sleep on her lap ⁸  and then called a man in to shave off ⁹  the seven braids of his hair. ¹⁰  She made him vulnerable ¹¹  and his strength left him.

Judges 17:9

17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.” ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “Arise!”

² tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

³ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”

⁴ tn The word “Hear” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some translate “those who distribute the water” (HALOT 344 s.v. חצץ pi). For other options see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 246-47.

⁶ tn Or perhaps “repeat.”

⁷ tn See the note on the term “warriors” in v. 7.

⁷ tn Heb “on her knees.” The expression is probably euphemistic for sexual intercourse. See HALOT 160-61 s.v. בֶּרֶךְ.

⁸ tn Heb “she called for a man and she shaved off.” The point seems to be that Delilah acted through the instrumentality of the man. See J. A. Soggin, Judges (OTL), 254.

⁹ tn Heb “head.” By metonymy the hair of his head is meant.

¹⁰ tn Heb “She began to humiliate him.” Rather than referring to some specific insulting action on Delilah’s part after Samson’s hair was shaved off, this statement probably means that she, through the devious actions just described, began the process of Samson’s humiliation which culminates in the following verses.

¹⁰ tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”