9:16 “Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, 4 if you have properly repaid him 5 –
1 tn Or “honor.”
2 tn Heb “on [account of (?)] the way which you are walking.” Another option is to translate, “due to the way you are going about this.” In this case direct reference is made to Barak’s hesitancy as the reason for his loss of glory.
3 tn Heb “for into the hands of a woman the
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “if according to the deeds of his hands you have done to him.”