45:19 I have not spoken in secret,
in some hidden place. 1
I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,
‘Seek me in vain!’ 2
I am the Lord,
the one who speaks honestly,
who makes reliable announcements. 3
33:15 The one who lives 4 uprightly 5
and speaks honestly;
the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures
and rejects a bribe; 6
the one who does not plot violent crimes 7
and does not seek to harm others 8 –
1 tn Heb “in a place of a land of darkness” (ASV similar); NASB “in some dark land.”
2 tn “In vain” translates תֹהוּ (tohu), used here as an adverbial accusative: “for nothing.”
3 tn The translation above assumes that צֶדֶק (tsedeq) and מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim) are adverbial accusatives (see 33:15). If they are taken as direct objects, indicating the content of what is spoken, one might translate, “who proclaims deliverance, who announces justice.”
4 tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).
5 tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”
6 tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”
7 tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”
8 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”