Judges 2:2

2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ ¹  But you have disobeyed me. ²  Why would you do such a thing? ³ 

Judges 6:10

6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship ⁴  the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” ⁵ 

Judges 6:17

6:17 Gideon ⁶  said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, ⁷  then give me ⁸  a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Judges 7:18

7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”

Judges 8:22

Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod

8:22 The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us – you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.” ⁹ 

Judges 10:15

10:15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, ¹⁰  but deliver us today!” ¹¹ 

Judges 11:7

11:7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave ¹²  my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”

Judges 11:25

11:25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? ¹³ 

Judges 13:3

13:3 The Lord’s angelic ¹⁴  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ¹⁵  are infertile and childless, ¹⁶  but you will conceive and have a son.

Judges 13:11

13:11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met ¹⁷  the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” ¹⁸  He said, “Yes.” ¹⁹ 

Judges 14:13

14:13 But if you cannot solve it, ²⁰  you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” ²¹ 

Judges 15:12

15:12 They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me ²²  you will not kill ²³  me.”

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ²⁴  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “their altars.”

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “What is this you have done?”

[6:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “Do not fear.”

[6:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[6:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “If I have found favor in your eyes.”

[6:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “perform for me.”

[8:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “hand.”

[10:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to all whatever is good in your eyes.”

[10:15]  ¹⁴ 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.”

[11:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Did you not hate me and make me leave?”

[11:25]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation.

[13:3]  ²² tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

[13:3]  ²³ tn Heb “Look, you.”

[13:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

[13:11]  ²⁵ tn Heb “came to.”

[13:11]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the woman.”

[13:11]  ²⁷ tn Heb “I [am].”

[14:13]  ²⁸ tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”

[14:13]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”

[15:12]  ³¹ tn Or “swear to me.”

[15:12]  ³² tn Heb “meet [with hostility]”; “harm.” In light of v. 13, “kill” is an appropriate translation.

[18:18]  ³⁴ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”