Discovery BoxJudges 13:23 
Context13:23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. 1 He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”
Judges 16:17
Context16:17 Finally he told her his secret. 2 He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, 3 for I have been dedicated to God 4 from the time I was conceived. 5 If my head 6 were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”
1 tn Heb “our hand.”
2 tn Heb “all his heart.”
3 tn Heb “a razor has not come upon my head.”
4 tn Or “set apart to God.” Traditionally the Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) has been translated “Nazirite.” The word is derived from the verb נָזַר (nazar, “to dedicate; to consecrate; to set apart”).
5 tn Heb “from the womb of my mother.”
6 tn Heb “I.” The referent has been made more specific in the translation (“my head”).
