Daniel 5:29

5:29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, ¹  Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.

Genesis 14:23

14:23 that I will take nothing ²  belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I ³  who made Abram rich.’

Genesis 14:2

14:2 went to war ⁴  against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). ⁵ 

Genesis 3:13

3:13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this ⁶  you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent ⁷  tricked ⁸  me, and I ate.”

Genesis 5:16

5:16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26

5:26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other ⁹  sons and daughters.

Acts 8:20

8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ¹⁰  because you thought you could acquire ¹¹  God’s gift with money!

¹ tn Aram “Belshazzar spoke.”

² tn The oath formula is elliptical, reading simply: “…if I take.” It is as if Abram says, “[May the Lord deal with me] if I take,” meaning, “I will surely not take.” The positive oath would add the negative adverb and be the reverse: “[God will deal with me] if I do not take,” meaning, “I certainly will.”

³ tn The Hebrew text adds the independent pronoun (“I”) to the verb form for emphasis.

⁴ tn Heb “made war.”

⁵ sn On the geographical background of vv. 1-2 see J. P. Harland, “Sodom and Gomorrah,” The Biblical Archaeologist Reader, 1:41-75; and D. N. Freedman, “The Real Story of the Ebla Tablets, Ebla and the Cities of the Plain,” BA 41 (1978): 143-64.

⁶ tn The use of the demonstrative pronoun is enclitic, serving as an undeclined particle for emphasis. It gives the sense of “What in the world have you done?” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).

⁷ sn The Hebrew word order puts the subject (“the serpent”) before the verb here, giving prominence to it.

⁸ tn This verb (the Hiphil of נָשָׁא, nasha) is used elsewhere of a king or god misleading his people into false confidence (2 Kgs 18:29 = 2 Chr 32:15 = Isa 36:14; 2 Kgs 19:10 = Isa 37:10), of an ally deceiving a partner (Obad 7), of God deceiving his sinful people as a form of judgment (Jer 4:10), of false prophets instilling their audience with false hope (Jer 29:8), and of pride and false confidence producing self-deception (Jer 37:9; 49:16; Obad 3).

⁹ tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased.

¹¹ tn Or “obtain.”