5:31 May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord!
But may those who love you shine
like the rising sun at its brightest!” 3
And the land had rest for forty years.
1 tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”
5 tn That is, took as its own possession.
7 tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.
8 tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”
9 tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”
10 tn Heb “there.”
11 tn Heb “the edge of the sword.”