Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Judges 5:31

5:31 May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord!

But may those who love you shine

like the rising sun at its brightest!” ⁶ 

And the land had rest for forty years.

Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ⁷  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ⁸ 

Judges 6:38

6:38 The Lord did as he asked. ⁹  When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. ¹⁰ 

Judges 6:40

6:40 That night God did as he asked. ¹¹  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Judges 7:17

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ¹²  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Judges 11:10

11:10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, ¹³  if we do not do as you say.” ¹⁴ 

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ¹⁵  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ¹⁶ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ² tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

[5:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”

[6:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ¹² tn Heb “and he did so.”

[6:38]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “And it was so.”

[6:38]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

[6:40]  ²¹ tn Heb “God did so that night.”

[7:17]  ²⁶ tn Or “look.”

[11:10]  ³¹ tn Heb “The Lord will be the one who hears between us.” For the idiom שָׁמַע בַּיִן (shama’ bayin, “to hear between”), see Deut 1:16.

[11:10]  ³² sn The Lord will judge…if we do not do as you say. The statement by the leaders of Gilead takes the form of a legally binding oath, which obligates them to the terms of the agreement.

[21:14]  ³⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:14]  ³⁷ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”