24:8 God brought them out of Egypt.
They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull;
they will devour hostile people 4
and will break their bones
and will pierce them through with arrows.
1 tn Heb “Sihon.”
2 tn Heb “people.”
3 tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.
4 tn Heb “they will devour nations,” their adversaries.