Judges 7:2

7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag, ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’

Judges 8:20

8:20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.

Judges 18:26

18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.


tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”

tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”

tn Or “Arise!”

tn Heb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”

tn Heb “saw.”

tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”