Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ¹  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ²  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ³  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 5:28

5:28 Through the window she looked;

Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice:

‘Why is his chariot so slow to return?

Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses ⁴  delayed?’

Judges 11:27

11:27 I have not done you wrong, ⁵  but you are doing wrong ⁶  by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Arise!”

[4:14]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”

[5:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “chariots.”

[11:27]  ⁷ tn Or “sinned against you.”

[11:27]  ⁸ tn Or “evil.”