Judges 3:28

3:28 He said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” ¹  They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River ²  opposite Moab, ³  and did not let anyone cross.

Judges 4:14-15

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ⁴  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ⁵  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ⁶  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 4:15 The Lord routed ⁷  Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. ⁸  Sisera jumped out of ⁹  his chariot and ran away on foot.

Judges 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men ¹⁰  down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.” ¹¹ 

Judges 9:36

9:36 Gaal saw the men ¹²  and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.” ¹³ 

Judges 11:37

11:37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. ¹⁴  For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.” ¹⁵ 

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ¹⁶  and gave them ¹⁷  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹⁸ 

Judges 15:11

15:11 Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them, “I have only done to them what they have done to me.”

Judges 16:31

16:31 His brothers and all his family ¹⁹  went down and brought him back. ²⁰  They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led ²¹  Israel for twenty years.

[3:28]  ¹ tn Heb “for the Lord has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

[3:28]  ² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

[3:28]  ³ tn Or “against Moab,” that is, so as to prevent the Moabites from crossing.

[4:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “Arise!”

[4:14]  ⁵ tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

[4:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”

[4:15]  ⁷ tn Or “caused to panic.”

[4:15]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “before Barak.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “got down from.”

[7:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the people.”

[7:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

[9:36]  ¹³ tn Heb “the people” (also in vv. 38, 43, 48). These were warriors, so “men” has been used in the translation, since in ancient Israelite culture soldiers would have been exclusively males.

[9:36]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the shadow on the hills you are seeing, like men.”

[11:37]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”

[11:37]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”

[14:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

[16:31]  ²² tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”

[16:31]  ²³ tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”

[16:31]  ²⁴ tn Traditionally, “judged.”