Discovery BoxJudges 9:2 
Context9:2 “Tell 1 all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want 2 to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” 3
Judges 11:35
Context11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! 4 You have brought me disaster! 5 I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” 6
Judges 16:15
Context16:15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? 7 Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”
Judges 18:24
Context18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” 8
1 tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”
2 tn Heb “What good is it to you?”
3 tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”
4 tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.
5 tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”
6 tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the
7 tn Heb “when your heart is not with me.”
8 tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”
