Footnotes

1. Judges 10:10 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
2. Judges 10:12 tc The translation follows the LXX which reads “Midian”; the Hebrew text has “Maon.”
3. Judges 10:12 tn The words “Did I not deliver you” are interpretive. The Hebrew text simply reads, “Is it not from Egypt…when they oppressed you?” Perhaps the incomplete sentence reflects the Lord’s frustration.
4. Judges 10:12 tn Heb “hand.”
5. Judges 10:13 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
6. Judges 10:14 tn Heb “in your time of trouble.”
7. Judges 10:15 tn Heb “according to all whatever is good in your eyes.”
8. Judges 10:15 sn You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today. The request seems contradictory, but it can be explained in one of two ways. They may be asking for relief from their enemies and direct discipline from God’s hand. Or they may mean, “In the future you can do whatever you like to us, but give us relief from what we’re suffering right now.”
9. Judges 10:16 tn Heb “from their midst.”
10. Judges 10:16 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
11. Judges 10:16 tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).