61:10 I 1 will greatly rejoice 2 in the Lord;
I will be overjoyed because of my God. 3
For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;
he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. 4
I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;
I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry. 5
17:6 Grandchildren 6 are like 7 a crown 8 to the elderly,
and the glory 9 of children is their parents. 10
1 sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.
2 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
3 tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”
4 tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”
5 tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.
6 tn Heb “children of children [sons of sons].”
7 tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
8 sn The metaphor signifies that grandchildren are like a crown, that is, they are the “crowning glory” of life. The proverb comes from a culture that places great importance on the family in society and that values its heritage.
9 tn The noun תִּפְאָרָת (tif’arat) means “beauty; glory” (BDB 802 s.v.). In this passage “glory” seems to be identified with “glorying; boasting”; so a rendering that children are proud of their parents would be in order. Thus, “glory of children” would be a subjective genitive, the glorying that children do.”
10 tc The LXX has inserted: “To the faithful belongs the whole world of wealth, but to the unfaithful not an obulus.” It was apparently some popular sentiment at the time.