Judges 7:2
7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. 1 Israel might brag, 2 ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’ 3
Judges 7:4
7:4 The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. 4 Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. 5 When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; 6 when I say, 7 ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.” 8
1 tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”
2 tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”
3 tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”
4 tn Heb “too many people.”
5 tn Heb “test them for you there.”
6 tn Heb “he should go with you.”
7 tn Heb also has “to you.”
8 tn Heb “he should not go.”