Judges 9:32

9:32 Now, come up ¹  at night with your men ²  and set an ambush in the field outside the city. ³ 

Judges 9:36

9:36 Gaal saw the men ⁴  and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.” ⁵ 

[9:32]  ¹ tn Heb “arise.”

[9:32]  ² tn Heb “you and the people who are with you.”

[9:32]  ³ tn The words “outside the city” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “the people” (also in vv. 38, 43, 48). These were warriors, so “men” has been used in the translation, since in ancient Israelite culture soldiers would have been exclusively males.

[9:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “the shadow on the hills you are seeing, like men.”