Judges 2:7

2:7 The people worshiped ¹  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men ²  who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed ³  all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. ⁴ 

Judges 2:10

2:10 That entire generation passed away; ⁵  a new generation grew up ⁶  that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. ⁷ 

Judges 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ⁸  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ⁹ 

[2:7]  ¹ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[2:7]  ² tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

[2:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “arose after them.”

[2:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

[19:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”