Judges 5:6

5:6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael caravans ¹  disappeared; ² 

travelers ³  had to go on winding side roads.

Judges 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ⁴  and choose a king for themselves. ⁵  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ⁶ 

Judges 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ⁷  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ⁸ 

Judges 19:13

19:13 He said to his servant, ⁹  “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns ¹⁰  and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

Judges 20:8

20:8 All Israel rose up in unison ¹¹  and said, “Not one of us will go home! ¹²  Not one of us will return ¹³  to his house!

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ¹⁴  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ¹⁵ 

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¹ tc The translation assumes the form אֳרְחוֹת (’orÿkhot, “caravans”) rather than אֳרָחוֹת (’orakhot, “roadways”) because it makes a tighter parallel with “travelers” in the next line.

² tn Or “ceased.”

³ tn Heb “Ones walking on paths.”

⁴ tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

⁵ tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

⁶ tn Or “Rule over us!”

⁷ tn Heb “he sent her.”

⁸ tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

⁹ tn Or “young man.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “we will enter one of the places.”

¹¹ tn Heb “as one man.”

¹² tn Heb “to his tent.”

¹³ tn Or “turn aside.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”