Judges 8:2

8:2 He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes ¹  are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! ² 

Judges 13:12

13:12 Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, ³  how should the child be raised and what should he do?” ⁴ 

Judges 18:8

18:8 When the Danites returned to their tribe ⁵  in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen ⁶  asked them, “How did it go?” ⁷ 

Judges 18:23

18:23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites ⁸  turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”

Judges 21:16

21:16 The leaders ⁹  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ¹⁰  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

[8:2]  ¹ tn Heb “gleanings.”

[8:2]  ² sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.

[13:12]  ³ tn Heb “Now, [when] your word comes [to pass].”

[13:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “what will be the child’s rule [i.e., way of life] and his work?”

[18:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “They came to their brothers.”

[18:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”

[18:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “What you?”

[18:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:16]  ⁹ tn Or “elders.”

[21:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”