2 Samuel 14:2

14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ¹  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ² 

Psalms 104:15

104:15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, ³ 

and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, ⁴ 

as well as food that sustains people’s lives. ⁵ 

Ecclesiastes 9:8

9:8 Let your clothes always be white,

and do not spare precious ointment on your head.

Matthew 6:17

6:17 When ⁶  you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

¹ tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

² tn Heb “these many days.”

³ tn Heb “and wine [that] makes the heart of man happy.”

⁴ tn Heb “to make [the] face shine from oil.” The Hebrew verb צָהַל (tsahal, “to shine”) occurs only here in the OT. It appears to be an alternate form of צָהַר (tsahar), a derivative from צָהָרִים (tsaharim, “noon”).

⁵ tn Heb “and food [that] sustains the heart of man.”

⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.