Judges 11:35

11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! ¹  You have brought me disaster! ²  I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” ³ 

Judges 14:12

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ⁴  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ⁵  of clothes.

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ⁶  and gave them ⁷  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”

³ tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”

⁴ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

⁵ tn Heb “changes.”

⁶ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

⁷ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

⁸ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”