Luke 11:31-32

11:31 The queen of the South ¹  will rise up at the judgment ²  with the people ³  of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ⁴  something greater ⁵  than Solomon is here! 11:32 The people ⁶  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ⁷  – and now, ⁸  something greater than Jonah is here!

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ⁹  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ¹⁰  you wicked slave! ¹¹  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ¹²  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

Job 15:6

15:6 Your own mouth condemns ¹³  you, not I;

your own lips testify against ¹⁴  you.

Matthew 12:41-42

12:41 The people ¹⁵  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ¹⁶  – and now, ¹⁷  something greater than Jonah is here! 12:42 The queen of the South ¹⁸  will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ¹⁹  something greater than Solomon is here!

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ²⁰  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

¹ sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

² sn For the imagery of judgment, see Luke 10:13-15 and 11:19. The warnings are coming consistently now.

³ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as is the case here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1, 2). The same term, translated the same way, occurs in v. 32.

⁴ tn Grk “behold.”

⁵ sn The message of Jesus was something greater than what Solomon offered. On Jesus and wisdom, see Luke 7:35; 10:21-22; 1 Cor 1:24, 30.

⁶ tn See the note on the word “people” in v. 31.

⁷ tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

⁸ tn Grk “behold.”

⁹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

¹¹ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

¹² tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

¹³ tn The Hiphil of this root means “declare wicked, guilty” (a declarative Hiphil), and so “condemns.”

¹⁴ tn The verb עָנָה (’anah) with the ל (lamed) preposition following it means “to testify against.” For Eliphaz, it is enough to listen to Job to condemn him.

¹⁵ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1.a, 2).

¹⁶ tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

¹⁷ tn Grk “behold.”

¹⁸ sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

¹⁹ tn Grk “behold.”

²⁰ tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”