Judges 6:39

6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ¹  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ² 

Judges 7:14

7:14 The other man said, ³  “Without a doubt this symbolizes ⁴  the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

Judges 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ⁵  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ⁶  to visit ⁷  us again, so he can teach ⁸  us how we should raise ⁹  the child who will be born.”

Judges 16:28

16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, ¹⁰  remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge ¹¹  against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

¹ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

² tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

³ tn Heb “answered and said.”

⁴ tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁷ tn Heb “come to.”

⁸ 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”).

⁹ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

⁸ tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”