37:3 Trust in the Lord and do what is right!
Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! 7
33:16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; 8
he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; 9
he will have food
and a constant supply of water.
21:9 When they got out on the beach, 15 they saw a charcoal fire ready 16 with a fish placed on it, and bread.
1 tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”
2 tn Heb “a little.”
3 tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “in your hand.”
4 tn Heb “Look, I am gathering two sticks and then I will go and make it for me and my son and we will eat it and we will die.”
5 tn Heb “according to your word.”
6 tn Heb “and she ate, she and he and her house [for] days.”
7 tn Heb “tend integrity.” The verb רָעָה (ra’ah, “tend, shepherd”) is probably used here in the sense of “watch over, guard.” The noun אֱמוּנָה (’emunah, “faithfulness, honesty, integrity”) is understood as the direct object of the verb, though it could be taken as an adverbial accusative, “[feed] securely,” if the audience is likened to a flock of sheep.
8 tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”
9 tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”
10 tn Grk “and behold, angels.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
11 tn Or “unbelievers”; Grk “Gentiles.”
12 tn The word προσφάγιον (prosfagion) is unusual. According to BDAG 886 s.v. in Hellenistic Greek it described a side dish to be eaten with bread, and in some contexts was the equivalent of ὄψον (oyon), “fish.” Used in addressing a group of returning fishermen, however, it is quite clear that the speaker had fish in mind.
13 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “do you?”).
14 tn Grk “They answered him.”
15 tn The words “on the beach” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
16 tn Grk “placed,” “laid.”