2 Chronicles 1:12

1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. ¹  Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” ² 

Deuteronomy 8:18

8:18 You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, ³  even as he has to this day.

Psalms 24:1

Psalm 24 ⁴ 

A psalm of David.

24:1 The Lord owns the earth and all it contains,

the world and all who live in it.

Proverbs 10:22

10:22 The blessing ⁵  from the Lord ⁶  makes a person rich, ⁷ 

and he adds no sorrow ⁸  to ⁹  it.

Haggai 2:8

2:8 ‘The silver and gold will be mine,’ says the Lord who rules over all.

Luke 18:29-30

18:29 Then ¹⁰  Jesus ¹¹  said to them, “I tell you the truth, ¹²  there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers ¹³  or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom 18:30 who will not receive many times more ¹⁴  in this age ¹⁵  – and in the age to come, eternal life.” ¹⁶ 

Philippians 4:19

4:19 And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches ¹⁷  in Christ Jesus.

¹ tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

² tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

³ tc Smr and Lucian add “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the standard way of rendering this almost stereotypical formula (cf. Deut 1:8; 6:10; 9:5, 27; 29:13; 30:20; 34:4). The MT’s harder reading presumptively argues for its originality, however.

⁴ sn Psalm 24. The psalmist affirms the universal kingship of the sovereign creator, reminds his people that only the morally pure are qualified to worship him, and celebrates his splendor as a mighty warrior king.

⁵ tn The term בְּרָכָּה (bÿrakhah, “blessing”) refers to a gift, enrichment or endowment from the Lord.

⁶ tn Heb “of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) functions here as a genitive of source.

⁷ tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB); NAB “brings wealth.” The direct object “a person” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the Hiphil verb; it is supplied in the translation.

⁸ tn Heb “toil.” The noun עֶצֶב (’etsev) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “toil; labor” which produces pain and sorrow, and (2) “pain; sorrow” which is the result of toil and labor (BDB 780 s.v.). This is the word used of the curse of “toil” in man’s labor (Gen 3:17) and the “pain” in the woman’s child-bearing (Gen 3:16). God’s blessing is pure and untarnished – it does not bring physical pain or emotional sorrow.

⁹ tn Heb “with.”

¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹³ tn The term “brothers” could be understood as generic here, referring to either male or female siblings. However, it is noteworthy that in the parallel passages in both Matt 19:29 and Mark 10:29, “sisters” are explicitly mentioned in the Greek text.

¹⁴ sn Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (many times more) and (2) eternal life in the age to come will be given.

¹⁵ tn Grk “this time” (καιρός, kairos), but for stylistic reasons this has been translated “this age” here.

¹⁶ sn Note that Luke (see also Matt 19:29; Mark 10:30; Luke 10:25) portrays eternal life as something one receives in the age to come, unlike John, who emphasizes the possibility of receiving eternal life in the present (John 5:24).

¹⁷ tn Or “according to the riches of his glory.” The phrase “of his glory” is treated as an attributive genitive in the translation.