Judges 2:14

2:14 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹  and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. ²  He turned them over to ³  their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies’ attacks. ⁴ 

Judges 14:6

14:6 The Lord’s spirit empowered ⁵  him and he tore the lion ⁶  in two with his bare hands ⁷  as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

[2:14]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:14]  ² tn Heb “robbers who robbed them.” (The verb שָׁסָה [shasah] appears twice in the verse.)

[2:14]  ³ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn The word “attacks” is supplied in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[14:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[14:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “him” or “it”; the referent (the lion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there was nothing in his hand.”