Judges 3:25
3:25 They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. 1 Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor! 2
Judges 16:17
16:17 Finally he told her his secret. 3 He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, 4 for I have been dedicated to God 5 from the time I was conceived. 6 If my head 7 were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”
1 tn The words “the doors” are supplied.
2 tn Heb “See, their master, fallen to the ground, dead.”
3 tn Heb “all his heart.”
4 tn Heb “a razor has not come upon my head.”
5 tn Or “set apart to God.” Traditionally the Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) has been translated “Nazirite.” The word is derived from the verb נָזַר (nazar, “to dedicate; to consecrate; to set apart”).
6 tn Heb “from the womb of my mother.”
7 tn Heb “I.” The referent has been made more specific in the translation (“my head”).