SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 5:30

5:30a ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—

‘They have found lots of loot and they are sharing it.
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‘⌊They have won a victory and it takes time⌋ to divide the goods.

5:30b a girl or two for each warrior,

They have taken a girl or maybe two girls per fighter.
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They are dividing the girls.⌋ Every man will take a girl or two girls.

5:30c a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera,

Sisera will have seized some colored clothes.
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There will be colorful clothing for Sisera.

5:30d the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?

He will bring colored clothes with beautiful embroidery to put around my neck. All these things are from the loot.’
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There will be embroidered fabric. He will bring me a present of richly embroidered cloth to put around my neck. These are the things ⌊they have taken from their enemies⌋ .’

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