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 5:30

5:30 ‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder ⁵  –

a girl or two for each man to rape! ⁶ 

Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, ⁷ 

he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, ⁸ 

two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth,

for the neck of the plunderer!’ 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.”

[5:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “Are they not finding, dividing the plunder?”

[5:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “a womb or two for each man.” The words “to rape” are interpretive. The Hebrew noun translated “girl” means literally “womb” (BDB 933 s.v. I. רַחַם), but in this context may refer by extension to the female genitalia. In this case the obscene language of Sisera’s mother alludes to the sexual brutality which typified the aftermath of battle.

[5:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “the plunder of dyed cloth is for Sisera.”

[5:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “the plunder of embroidered cloth.”

[5:30]  ⁹ tn The translation assumes an emendation of the noun (“plunder”) to a participle, “plunderer.”