Judges 18:7

18:7 So the five men journeyed on ¹  and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there ²  were living securely, like the Sidonians do, ³  undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. ⁴  They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. ⁵ 

Judges 18:10

18:10 When you invade, ⁶  you will encounter ⁷  unsuspecting people. The land is wide! ⁸  God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” ⁹ 

[18:7]  ¹ tn Or “went.”

[18:7]  ² tn Heb “who were in its midst.”

[18:7]  ³ tn Heb “according to the custom of the Sidonians.”

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there was no one humiliating anything in the land, one taking possession [by] force.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tc Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX and Symmachus read “Syria” here rather than the MT’s “men.” This reading presupposes a Hebrew Vorlage אֲרָם (’aram, “Aram,” i.e., Arameans) rather than the MT reading אָדָם (’adam). This reading is possibly to be preferred over the MT.

[18:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “When you enter.”

[18:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will come to.”

[18:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”

[18:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”