Judges 2:10

2:10 That entire generation passed away; ¹  a new generation grew up ²  that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. ³ 

Judges 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ⁴  and worshiped ⁵  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ⁶ 

Judges 13:24

13:24 Manoah’s wife ⁷  gave birth to a son and named him Samson. ⁸  The child grew and the Lord empowered ⁹  him.

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¹ tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

² tn Heb “arose after them.”

³ tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

⁴ tn Heb “from their midst.”

⁵ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

⁶ tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).

⁷ tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”

⁸ tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”

⁹ tn Traditionally, “blessed.”