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Judges 11:37
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Judges 11:37
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37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish.[a] For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”[b]
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- Judges 11:37 tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”
- Judges 11:37 tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity—I and my friends.”
Psalm 78:63
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Psalm 78:63
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- Psalm 78:63 tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).
- Psalm 78:63 tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).
- Psalm 78:63 tn Heb “were not praised,” that is, in wedding songs. The young men died in masses, leaving no husbands for the young women.
Isaiah 4:1
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Isaiah 4:1
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4 Seven women will grab hold of
one man at that time.[a]
They will say, “We will provide[b] our own food,
we will provide[c] our own clothes;
but let us belong to you[d]—
take away our shame!”[e]
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- Isaiah 4:1 tn Or “in that day” (ASV).sn The seven-to-one ratio emphasizes the great disparity that will exist in the population due to the death of so many men in battle.
- Isaiah 4:1 tn Heb “eat” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “buy.”
- Isaiah 4:1 tn Heb “wear” (so NASB, NRSV); NCV “make.”sn In Jewish understanding a husband should provide food and cloth to his wife. These women are so desperate as to be willing to exempt the man from some of his traditional, fundamental duties as a husband.
- Isaiah 4:1 tn Heb “only let your name be called over us.”
- Isaiah 4:1 sn This refers to the humiliation of being unmarried and childless. The women’s words reflect the cultural standards of ancient Israel, where a woman’s primary duties were to be a wife and mother.
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