Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ¹  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ²  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ³  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ⁴  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁵  (The Midianites ⁶  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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¹ tn Heb “Arise!”

² tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

³ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”

⁴ tn Heb “said to them.”

⁵ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.