16:19 Moses said to them, “No one 1 is to keep any of it 2 until morning.”
9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, 3
do it with all your might,
because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, 4
the place where you will eventually go. 5
1 tn The address now is for “man” (אִישׁ, ’ish), “each one”; here the instruction seems to be focused on the individual heads of the households.
2 tn Or “some of it,” “from it.”
3 tn Heb “Whatever your hand finds to do.”
4 tn Heb “Sheol.”
5 tn Or “where you are about to go.”
6 tn Grk “We must work the works.”
7 tn Or “of him who sent me” (God).
8 tn Or “while.”
9 tn Grk “asked him, saying.”
10 tn Grk “this one.”
11 tn Grk “in order that he should be born blind.”
12 tn Grk “and faithful.” The construction in Greek (as well as Paul’s style) suggests that the saints are identical to the faithful; hence, the καί (kai) is best left untranslated (cf. Eph 1:1). See ExSyn 281-82.
13 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).
14 tn Or “Grace to you and peace.”
15 tc Most witnesses, including some important ones (א A C F G I [P] 075 Ï it bo), read “and the Lord Jesus Christ” at the end of this verse, no doubt to conform the wording to the typical Pauline salutation. However, excellent and early witnesses (B D K L Ψ 33 81 1175 1505 1739 1881 al sa) lack this phrase. Since the omission is inexplicable as arising from the longer reading (otherwise, these
16 tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”
17 tn Grk “while it is said.”
18 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
19 sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.