Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ¹  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ²  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Proverbs 3:29-30

3:29 Do not plot ³  evil against your neighbor

when ⁴  he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

3:30 Do not accuse ⁵  anyone ⁶  without legitimate cause, ⁷ 

if he has not treated you wrongly.

¹ tn Heb “from the sword.”

² tn Heb “it.”

³ sn The verb חָרַשׁ (kharash) means “to cut in; to engrave; to plough; to devise.” The idea of plotting is metaphorical for working, practicing or fabricating (BDB 360 s.v.).

⁴ tn The vav (ו) prefixed to the pronoun introduces a disjunctive circumstantial clause: “when….”

⁵ sn The term רִיב (riv) can mean “quarrel” or “legal accusation” (BDB 936 s.v.). Both ideas would work but the more technical legal accusation fits the context better. This is a warning to not bring legal accusations against anyone without a legitimate reason.

⁶ tn Heb “a man.”

⁷ tn Heb “gratuitously”; NIV, TEV “for no (+ good NCV) reason.” The adverb חִנָּם (khinam) means “without cause, undeservedly,” especially of groundless hostility (HALOT 334 s.v. 3; BDB 336 s.v. c).