Judges 4:20

4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

Judges 6:5

6:5 When they invaded ¹  with their cattle and tents, they were as thick ²  as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. ³  They came to devour ⁴  the land.

Judges 7:12

7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. ⁵  Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Judges 13:9

13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. ⁶  God’s angelic messenger visited ⁷  the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 14:6

14:6 The Lord’s spirit empowered ⁸  him and he tore the lion ⁹  in two with his bare hands ¹⁰  as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “came up.”

[6:5]  ² tn Heb “numerous.”

[6:5]  ³ tn Heb “To them and to their camels there was no number.”

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “destroy.” The translation “devour” carries through the imagery of a locust plague earlier in this verse.

[7:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”

[13:9]  ¹ tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

[13:9]  ² tn Heb “came to.”

[14:6]  ¹ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[14:6]  ² tn Heb “him” or “it”; the referent (the lion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:6]  ³ tn Heb “and there was nothing in his hand.”