Judges 3:12
ContextDeceit, Assassination, and Deliverance
3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. 1 The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel 2 because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.
Judges 6:22
Context6:22 When Gideon realized 3 that it was the Lord’s messenger, he 4 said, “Oh no! 5 Master, Lord! 6 I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”
1 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
2 tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”
3 tn Heb “saw.”
4 tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Or “Ah!”
6 tn The Hebrew text reads אֲדֹנַי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih, “Lord [the same title used in v. 15],