Judges 14:6

14:6 The Lord’s spirit empowered ¹  him and he tore the lion ²  in two with his bare hands ³  as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ⁴  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ⁵  fire, and they ⁶  melted away from his hands.

Judges 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ⁷  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “rushed on.”

² tn Heb “him” or “it”; the referent (the lion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and there was nothing in his hand.”

⁴ tn Heb “rushed on.”

⁵ tn Heb “burned with.”

⁶ tn Heb “his bonds.”

⁷ tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

⁸ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.