14:11 Your splendor 2 has been brought down to Sheol,
as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. 3
You lie on a bed of maggots,
with a blanket of worms over you. 4
23:16 “Take the harp,
go through the city,
forgotten prostitute!
Play it well,
play lots of songs,
so you’ll be noticed!” 5
30:32 Every blow from his punishing cudgel, 6
with which the Lord will beat them, 7
will be accompanied by music from the 8 tambourine and harp,
and he will attack them with his weapons. 9
1 tn Heb “cause to end.”
2 tn Or “pride” (NCV, CEV); KJV, NIV, NRSV “pomp.”
3 tn Or “harps” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “under you maggots are spread out, and worms are your cover.”
5 tn Heb “so you will be remembered.”
6 tc The Hebrew text has “every blow from a founded [i.e., “appointed”?] cudgel.” The translation above, with support from a few medieval Hebrew
7 tn Heb “which the Lord lays on him.”
8 tn Heb “will be with” (KJV similar).
9 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and with battles of brandishing [weapons?] he will fight against him.” Some prefer to emend וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת (uvÿmilkhamot, “and with battles of”) to וּבִמְחֹלוֹת (uvimkholot, “and with dancing”). Note the immediately preceding references to musical instruments.