Judges 4:14
Context4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, 1 for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! 2 Has the Lord not taken the lead?” 3 Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Judges 8:24
Context8:24 Gideon continued, 4 “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” 5 (The Midianites 6 had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
1 tn Heb “Arise!”
2 tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the
3 tn Heb “Has the
4 tn Heb “said to them.”
5 tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”
6 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.