1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Note the switch to אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”). Gideon seems aware that he is speaking to someone other than, and superior to, the messenger, whom he addressed as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”) in v. 13.
3 tn Heb “with what.”
4 tn Heb “in my father’s house.”
5 tn Or “certainly.”
6 tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”