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 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!”
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 “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”