Judges 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men ¹  down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.” ² 

Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ³  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ⁴  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ⁵  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ⁶  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ⁷  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ⁸  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ⁹ 

Judges 16:30

16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ¹⁰  and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. ¹¹ 

Judges 18:2

18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹²  capable men ¹³  from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. ¹⁴ 

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the people.”

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

[11:17]  ³ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[11:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (vÿha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).

[16:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

[16:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”

[16:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

[16:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”

[18:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

[18:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

[18:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”