10:19 There will be so few trees left in his forest,
a child will be able to count them. 1
32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;
his honorable character gives him security. 2
41:29 Look, all of them are nothing, 3
their accomplishments are nonexistent;
their metal images lack any real substance. 4
1 tn Heb “and the rest of the trees of his forest will be counted, and a child will record them.”
2 tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”
3 tc The Hebrew text has אָוֶן (’aven, “deception,” i.e., “false”), but the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa has אין (“nothing”), which forms a better parallel with אֶפֶס (’efes, “nothing”) in the next line. See also 40:17 and 41:12.
4 tn Heb “their statues are wind and nothing”; NASB “wind and emptiness”; NIV “wind and confusion.”