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 8:5

8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ²  some loaves of bread to the men ³  who are following me, ⁴  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Judges 8:21

8:21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, ⁵  “Come on, ⁶  you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” ⁷  So Gideon killed ⁸  Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.

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

[8:5]  ² tn Or perhaps, “sell.”

[8:5]  ³ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

[8:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “who are at my feet.”

[8:21]  ³ tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[8:21]  ⁴ tn Or “Arise.”

[8:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “for as the man is his strength.”

[8:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “arose and killed.”