Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ¹  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ²  (The Midianites ³  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Judges 16:15

16:15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? ⁴  Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”

[8:24]  ¹ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ² tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “when your heart is not with me.”