Judges 6:13

6:13 Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, ¹  but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster ²  overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ³  ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

Judges 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ⁴  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ⁵  to visit ⁶  us again, so he can teach ⁷  us how we should raise ⁸  the child who will be born.”

¹ tn Heb “But my lord.”

² tn Heb “all this.”

³ tn Heb “saying.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁶ tn Heb “come to.”

⁷ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

⁸ tn Heb “what we should do for.”