Judges 9:17

9:17 my father fought for you; he risked his life ¹  and delivered you from Midian’s power. ² 

Judges 12:3

12:3 When I saw that you were not going to help, ³  I risked my life ⁴  and advanced against ⁵  the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up ⁶  to fight with me today?”

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¹ tc Heb “threw his life out in front,” that is, “exposed himself to danger.” The MT form מִנֶּגֶד (minneged, “from before”) should probably be read as מִנֶּגְדּוֹ (minnegdo, “from before him”); haplography of vav has likely occurred here in the MT.

² tn Heb “hand.”

³ tn Heb “you were no deliverer.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX has “no one was helping.”

⁴ tn Heb “I put my life in my hand.”

⁵ tn Heb “crossed over to.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew adds “against me” here. This is redundant in English and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.