Judges 6:30

6:30 The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! ¹  He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ²  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ³  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ⁴ 

Judges 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ⁵  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ⁶  to visit ⁷  us again, so he can teach ⁸  us how we should raise ⁹  the child who will be born.”

Judges 14:12

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ¹⁰  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ¹¹  of clothes.

Judges 15:10

15:10 The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking ¹²  us?” The Philistines ¹³  said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”

Judges 15:12

15:12 They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me ¹⁴  you will not kill ¹⁵  me.”

Judges 16:15

16:15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? ¹⁶  Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”

Judges 16:25

16:25 When they really started celebrating, ¹⁷  they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. ¹⁸  They made him stand between two pillars.

Judges 16:28

16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, ¹⁹  remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge ²⁰  against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

Judges 18:24

18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ²¹ 

Judges 19:5

19:5 On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. ²²  But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, ²³  then you can go.”

Judges 19:24

19:24 Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s ²⁴  concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. ²⁵  But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ²⁶  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ²⁷  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

Judges 21:7

21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? ²⁸  After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

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¹ tn Heb “and let him die.” The jussive form with vav after the imperative is best translated as a purpose clause.

² tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

³ tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

⁴ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁷ tn Heb “come to.”

⁸ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

⁹ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

¹¹ tn Heb “changes.”

¹² tn Or “come up against.”

¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Or “swear to me.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “meet [with hostility]”; “harm.” In light of v. 13, “kill” is an appropriate translation.

¹⁶ tn Heb “when your heart is not with me.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “When their heart was good.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “before them.”

¹⁹ tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

²⁰ tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”

²¹ tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”

²² tn Heb “and he arose to go.”

²³ tn Heb “Sustain your heart [with] a bit of food.”

²⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁵ tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

²⁶ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

²⁷ tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”

²⁸ tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”