4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets 1 appealed 2 to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. 3 Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”
34:19 The godly 4 face many dangers, 5
but the Lord saves 6 them 7 from each one of them.
12:6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” 8
1 tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”
2 tn Or “cried out.”
3 tn Heb “your servant feared the
4 tn The Hebrew text uses the singular form; the representative or typical godly person is envisioned.
5 tn Or “trials.”
6 tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form highlights the generalizing statement and draws attention to the fact that the
7 tn Heb “him,” agreeing with the singular form in the preceding line.
8 sn A quotation from Prov 3:11-12.
9 tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”
10 tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”