Judges 5:31

5:31 May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord!

But may those who love you shine

like the rising sun at its brightest!” ¹ 

And the land had rest for forty years.

Judges 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ²  and devoured ³  its crops ⁴  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁵  and they took away ⁶  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

Judges 7:15

Gideon Routs the Enemy

7:15 When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. ⁷  Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”

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¹ tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”

² tn Heb “They encamped against them.”

³ tn Heb “destroyed.”

⁴ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

⁵ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

⁶ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “he bowed down” or “worshiped.”