Judges 4:4

Now Deborah, a prophetess, ¹  wife of Lappidoth, was ²  leading ³  Israel at that time.

Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who had become a judge in Israel.

Deborah was a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth. She was judge over Israel at that time.

Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.

At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, ¹  wife of Lappidoth, was ²  leading ³  Israel at that time.

¹ tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.

² tn Heb “she was.” The pronoun refers back to the nominative absolute “Deborah.” Hebrew style sometimes employs such resumptive pronouns when lengthy qualifiers separate the subject from the verb.

³ tn Or “judging.”