Judges 2:3

2:3 At that time I also warned you, ¹  ‘If you disobey, ²  I will not drive out the Canaanites ³  before you. They will ensnare you ⁴  and their gods will lure you away.’” ⁵ 

Judges 4:18

4:18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, ⁶  my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera ⁷  stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.

Judges 6:30

6:30 The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! ⁸  He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ⁹  squeezed out the juice, ¹⁰  and celebrated. They came to the temple ¹¹  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 9:33

9:33 In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.” ¹² 

Judges 9:38

9:38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ¹³  ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men ¹⁴  you insulted? ¹⁵  Go out now and fight them!”

Judges 9:43

9:43 he took his men ¹⁶  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ¹⁷  he attacked and struck them down. ¹⁸ 

Judges 11:34

11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out ¹⁹  to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. ²⁰  She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Judges 19:24

19:24 Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s ²¹  concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. ²²  But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “And I also said.” The use of the perfect tense here suggests that the messenger is recalling an earlier statement (see Josh 23:12-13). However, some translate, “And I also say,” understanding the following words as an announcement of judgment upon those gathered at Bokim.

[2:3]  ² tn The words “If you disobey” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See Josh 23:12-13.

[2:3]  ³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Canaanites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צִדִּים (tsiddim) is uncertain in this context. It may be related to an Akkadian cognate meaning “snare.” If so, a more literal translation would be “they will become snares to you.” Normally the term in question means “sides,” but this makes no sense here. On the basis of Num 33:55 some suggest the word for “thorns” has been accidentally omitted. If this word is added, the text would read, “they will become [thorns] in your sides” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “their gods will become a snare to you.”

[4:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).

[4:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and let him die.” The jussive form with vav after the imperative is best translated as a purpose clause.

[9:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

[9:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[9:33]  ²¹ tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].”

[9:38]  ²⁶ tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”

[9:38]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the people.”

[9:38]  ²⁸ tn Or “despised.”

[9:43]  ³¹ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:43]  ³² tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

[9:43]  ³³ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”

[11:34]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”

[11:34]  ³⁷ tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

[19:24]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:24]  ⁴² tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”