Judges 6:13
Context6:13 Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, 1 but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster 2 overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, 3 ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
Judges 13:8
Context13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, 4 “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God 5 to visit 6 us again, so he can teach 7 us how we should raise 8 the child who will be born.”


[6:13] 1 tn Heb “But my lord.”
[13:8] 4 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[13:8] 5 tn Heb “the man of God.”
[13:8] 7 tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).