Job 32:18

32:18 For I am full of words,

and the spirit within me ¹  constrains me. ² 

Luke 24:29

24:29 but they urged him, ³  “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So ⁴  he went in to stay with them.

Acts 4:19-20

4:19 But Peter and John replied, ⁵  “Whether it is right before God to obey ⁶  you rather than God, you decide, 4:20 for it is impossible ⁷  for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

¹ tn Heb “the spirit of my belly.”

² tn The verb צוּק (tsuq) means “to constrain; to urge; to press.” It is used in Judg 14:17; 16:16 with the sense of wearing someone down with repeated entreaties. Elihu cannot withhold himself any longer.

³ tn Grk “urged him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes, “saying”) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.

⁵ tn Grk “answered and said to them.”

⁶ tn Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀκούω (akouw; see L&N 36.14).

⁷ tn Grk “for we are not able not to speak about what we have seen and heard,” but the double negative, which cancels out in English, is emphatic in Greek. The force is captured somewhat by the English translation “it is impossible for us not to speak…” although this is slightly awkward.