Judges 9:15

9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose ¹  me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! ²  Otherwise ³  may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

Judges 19:24

19:24 Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s ⁴  concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. ⁵  But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

[9:15]  ¹ tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”

[9:15]  ² tn Heb “in my shade.”

[9:15]  ³ tn Heb “If not.”

[19:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”