Judges 10 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Judges 10
A cry without pretense: repentance before Christ
Editorial Christian reading: the confession, removal of foreign gods, and appeal for rescue are read with the call to repentance in Luke 13:1–5. The record of Tola and Jair remains part of the complete book.
10:1–5 | Tola and Jair
Verse MT 10:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:1
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. He dwelt in Shamir in Ephraim’s hill country.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:1
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of his father’s brother, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. He dwelt in Samaria in Ephraim’s hill country.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek renders Hebrew Dodo as a kinship term, his paternal uncle, and has Samaria instead of Shamir. The uncle’s relation is not further resolved.
Verse MT 10:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:2
He judged Israel for twenty-three years. He died and was buried in Shamir.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:2
He judged Israel for twenty-three years. He died and was buried in Samaria.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The period agrees; the burial place differs.
Verse MT 10:3 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:3
After him Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel for twenty-two years.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:3
After him Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel for twenty-two years.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Jair’s succession and term agree.
Verse MT 10:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:4
He had thirty sons riding thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, called Havvoth-jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:4
He had thirty-two sons riding thirty-two young donkeys, and they had thirty-two cities. He called them Jair’s Settlements to this day; they are in the land of Gilead.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: All three Hebrew totals are thirty; all three Greek totals are thirty-two. Greek translates the settlement name.
Verse MT 10:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:5
Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:5
Jair died and was buried in Rammo.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The burial place is Kamon in Hebrew and Rammo in Greek.
10:6–10 | Many gods and renewed oppression
Verse MT 10:6 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:6
The sons of Israel again did evil in YHWH’s eyes. They served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They forsook YHWH and did not serve Him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:6
The sons of Israel again did evil before the Lord. They worshiped the Baalim, the Astaroth, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the foreigners. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve Him.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: The Greek list lacks Aram’s gods. Foreigners is the Greek designation for the Philistines in this narrative.
Verse MT 10:7 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:7
YHWH’s anger burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of the Philistines and the sons of Ammon.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:7
The Lord grew furious with Israel, and He sold them into the hand of the foreigners and the sons of Ammon.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The twofold oppression corresponds.
Verse MT 10:8 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:8
They shattered and crushed the sons of Israel that year—for eighteen years, all the sons of Israel beyond the Jordan in the Amorites’ land in Gilead.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:8
They weakened and crushed the sons of Israel in that year—for eighteen years, all the sons of Israel beyond the Jordan in the Amorites’ land in Gilead.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both retain the compressed juxtaposition of that year and eighteen years; no chronological correction is introduced.
Verse MT 10:9 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:9
The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly distressed.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:9
The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. The sons of Israel were greatly distressed.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The western extension of the conflict agrees.
Verse MT 10:10 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:10
The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:10
The sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baalim.”
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The confession agrees.
10:11–16 | The rebuke, confession, and changed service
Verse MT 10:11 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:11
YHWH said to the sons of Israel, “Was it not from Egypt, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines—
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:11
The Lord said to the sons of Israel, “Did not the Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and the foreigners,
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek adds Moab and makes the peoples the grammatical subjects of the oppression continued in verse 12. Hebrew begins an elliptical recollection of rescue from them.
Verse MT 10:12 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:12
and the Sidonians, Amalek, and Maon oppressed you; you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hand.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:12
and the Sidonians, Midian, and Amalek oppress you? You cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hand.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew includes Maon; Greek includes Midian, with a different order around Amalek.
Verse MT 10:13 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:13
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer save you.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:13
But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore I will no longer save you.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The refusal of further rescue agrees.
Verse MT 10:14 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen for yourselves. Let them save you in the time of your distress.”
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both direct the people to their chosen gods.
Verse MT 10:15 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:15
The sons of Israel said to YHWH, “We have sinned. Do to us whatever is good in Your eyes; only rescue us, please, this day.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:15
The sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do to us whatever is pleasing before You; only, Lord, rescue us this day.”
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The renewed submission and plea correspond.
Verse MT 10:16 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:16
They removed the foreign gods from their midst and served YHWH. He could no longer bear Israel’s misery.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:16
They removed the foreign gods from their midst and worshiped the Lord. He was not well pleased with the people, and He grew weary over Israel’s distress.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek adds that He was not pleased with the people. Hebrew’s soul-grew-short idiom and Greek oligopsycheō express distress or weariness. The Greek finite verb contains no independent spirit noun; its fainthearted or distressed nuance does not establish a dogmatic contrast.
10:17–18 | The armies gather; Gilead seeks a leader
Verse MT 10:17 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:17
The sons of Ammon were summoned and camped in Gilead. The sons of Israel gathered and camped in Mizpah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:17
The sons of Ammon went up and camped in Gilead. The sons of Israel went out and camped in Mizpah.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The encampments agree; the mobilization verbs differ.
Verse MT 10:18 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 10:18
The people, Gilead’s princes, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all Gilead’s inhabitants.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 10:18
The rulers of Gilead’s people said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all Gilead’s inhabitants.”
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The offer of leadership for military initiative agrees.