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 9:38

9:38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ⁴  ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men ⁵  you insulted? ⁶  Go out now and fight them!”

Judges 16:15

16:15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? ⁷  Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”

[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?”

[9:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”

[9:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “the people.”

[9:38]  ⁶ tn Or “despised.”

[16:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “when your heart is not with me.”