Psalms 112:2

112:2 His descendants ¹  will be powerful on the earth;

the godly ²  will be blessed.

Isaiah 66:20

66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen ³  from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them ⁴  on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels ⁵  to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.

Daniel 9:27

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. ⁶ 

But in the middle of that week

he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.

On the wing ⁷  of abominations will come ⁸  one who destroys,

until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”

Romans 15:16

15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve ⁹  the gospel of God ¹⁰  like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, ¹¹  sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 4:18

4:18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:15

13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

¹ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

² tn Heb “His seed will be mighty on the earth, the generation of the godly.” The Hebrew term דוֹר (dor, “generation”) could be taken as parallel to “offspring” and translated “posterity,” but the singular more likely refers to the godly as a class. See BDB 189-90 s.v. for other examples where “generation” refers to a class of people.

³ tn Heb “brothers” (so NIV); NCV “fellow Israelites.”

⁴ tn The words “they will bring them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּרְכָּרָה.

⁶ tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).

⁷ tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.

⁸ tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Grk “serving.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but in keeping with contemporary English style, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn The genitive in the phrase τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ (to euangelion tou qeou, “the gospel of God”) could be translated as either a subjective genitive (“the gospel which God brings”) or an objective genitive (“the gospel about God”). Either is grammatically possible. This is possibly an instance of a plenary genitive (see ExSyn 119-21; M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek, §§36-39). If so, an interplay between the two concepts is intended: The gospel which God brings is in fact the gospel about himself.

¹¹ tn Grk “so that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable.” This could be understood to refer to an offering belonging to the Gentiles (a possessive genitive) or made by the Gentiles (subjective genitive), but more likely the phrase should be understood as an appositive genitive, with the Gentiles themselves consisting of the offering (so J. D. G. Dunn, Romans [WBC 38], 2:860). The latter view is reflected in the translation “so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering.”