SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023 – Page 69

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 5:16

5:16a Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks?

Why did you (plur.) stay at the sheep pens and listen to the ⌊shepherds⌋ calling their flocks?
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Why did you people of Reuben stay in the sheep enclosures to hear people whistling for their sheep?

5:16b In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

In the land of Reuben they did not know what to do.
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The clan of Reuben could not decide. They didn’t know if they should go or not.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 6:17

6:17a Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight,

Gideon said to him, “If you (sing.) are really pleased with me,
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Gideon said to Yahweh, “If you are really going to help me,

6:17b give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

prove to me by a sign that it is really you who are speaking to me.
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do something to prove that you, Yahweh, are speaking to me.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 7:9

Section 7.9-18

A Midian soldier had a dream

7:9a That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp,

That night Yahweh said to Gideon, “Get (sing.) up. Go down to the Midian camp and attack it.
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That night Yahweh spoke to Gideon. “Wake up. Go down and fight the soldiers of Midian ⌊in their⌋ camp.

7:9b for I have delivered it into your hand.

I am going to deliver it into your power.
-or-
I will help you ⌊and your men⌋ to defeat them.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 8:16

8:16a Then he took the elders of the city,

So he seized the elders of the town
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Then he took the elders of Sukkoth.

8:16b and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness,

and he used thorns from the desert to whip them
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He whipped them with thorns and sharp branches from the wilderness

8:16c he disciplined the men of Succoth.

because he wanted to show them that they should obey him.
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to punish them.

8:16a-c (reordered)

Gideon whipped the elders of the town of Sukkoth with thorns and sharp sticks from the desert. This was to punish them because they refused to help him.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 9:13

9:13a But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man,

But the vine answered, ‘Should I stop making my wine which makes both gods and people happy?
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But the grape vine said, ‘My wine makes the gods happy and it makes people happy. I will not stop making it

9:13b to hold sway over the trees?’

I refuse to wave my branches over the other trees.’
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just to be your king.’

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 9:45

9:45a And all that day Abimelech fought against the city

Abimelek continued to fight all that day
-or-
All day Abimelek fought against the people of Shechem.

9:45b until he had captured it and killed its people.

and he captured the town. He killed the people
-or-
He captured the town and killed the people.

9:45c Then he demolished the city

and destroyed the town
-or-
Then they destroyed the town

9:45d and sowed it with salt.

and sprinkled salt everywhere.
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and spread salt over the fields ⌊so that nobody could plant crops there any more⌋ .

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 11:2

11:2a And Gilead’s wife bore him sons

Gilead’s ⌊real⌋ wife also gave birth to some sons.
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His father Gilead had other sons by his ⌊real⌋ wife.

11:2b who grew up, drove Jephthah out,

When they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home.
-or-
Jephthah’s half-brothers became men and then they sent him away.

11:2c and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house,

They said, “You will not inherit any property in this family.
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They told him, “⌊When our father dies⌋ you will not get any of his things

11:2d because you are the son of another woman.”

You are the son of a prostitute, not the son of our mother.”
-or-
because you are the son of that other woman.”

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 11:34

11:34a And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah,

Then Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah,
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Jephthah went back to Mizpah. He went to his house

11:34b there was his daughter coming out to meet him

and his daughter came out to meet him,
-or-
and ⌊the first person⌋ to come out to meet him was his daughter.

11:34c with tambourines and dancing!

dancing to the sound of tambourines.
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She was playing a small hand drum and dancing.

11:34d She was his only child;

She was his only child.
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She was his only daughter.

11:34e he had no son or daughter besides her.

He had no other son or daughter.
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He did not have any other sons or daughters.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023