Judges 10:10

10:10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped ¹  the Baals.”

Judges 10:15

10:15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, ²  but deliver us today!” ³ 

Judges 20:16

20:16 Among this army ⁴  were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. ⁵  Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. ⁶ 

[10:10]  ¹ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:15]  ² tn Heb “according to all whatever is good in your eyes.”

[10:15]  ³ sn You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today. The request seems contradictory, but it can be explained in one of two ways. They may be asking for relief from their enemies and direct discipline from God’s hand. Or they may mean, “In the future you can do whatever you like to us, but give us relief from what we’re suffering right now.”

[20:16]  ³ tn Heb “And from all this people.”

[20:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “seven hundred choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.

[20:16]  ⁵ tn “at a single hair and not miss.”