Judges 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but ¹  I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” ² 

Judges 7:9

Gideon Reassured of Victory

7:9 That night the Lord said to Gideon, ³  “Get up! Attack ⁴  the camp, for I am handing it over to you. ⁵ 

Judges 11:28

11:28 But the Ammonite king disregarded ⁶  the message sent by Jephthah. ⁷ 

[6:16]  ¹ tn Or “certainly.”

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”

[7:9]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Go down against.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect, emphasizing the certainty of the promise.

[11:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “did not listen to.”

[11:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “Jephthah’s words which he sent to him.”