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!” ¹ 

And the land had rest for forty years.

Judges 8:28

Gideon’s Story Ends

8:28 The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. ²  The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time. ³ 

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁴  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

[5:31]  ¹ tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”

[8:28]  ² tn Heb “Midian was humbled before the Israelites, and they no longer lifted their heads.”

[8:28]  ³ tn Heb “in the days of Gideon.”

[13:1]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”