Psalms 94:10

94:10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?

He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

Psalms 94:12

94:12 How blessed is the one ¹  whom you instruct, O Lord,

the one whom you teach from your law,

Isaiah 48:17

48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, ²  says,

the Holy One of Israel: ³ 

“I am the Lord your God,

who teaches you how to succeed,

who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 54:13

54:13 All your children will be followers of the Lord,

and your children will enjoy great prosperity. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 31:38

Jerusalem Will Be Enlarged

31:38 “Indeed a time is coming,” ⁵  says the Lord, ⁶  “when the city of Jerusalem ⁷  will be rebuilt as my special city. ⁸  It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. ⁹ 

John 6:45

6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ ¹⁰  Everyone who hears and learns from the Father ¹¹  comes to me.

¹ tn Heb “[Oh] the happiness [of] the man.” Hebrew wisdom literature often assumes and reflects the male-oriented perspective of ancient Israelite society. The principle of the psalm is certainly applicable to all people, regardless of their gender or age. To facilitate modern application, we translate the gender and age specific “man” with the more neutral “one.” The generic masculine pronoun is used in v. 2.

² tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

⁴ tn Heb “and great [will be] the peace of your sons.”

⁵ tc The words “is coming” (בָּאִים, ba’im) are not in the written text (Kethib) but are supplied in the margin (Qere), in several Hebrew mss and in the versions. It is part of the idiom that also occurs in vv. 27, 31.

⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸ tn Heb “the city will be built to [or for] the Lord.” The words “of Jerusalem” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity. However, the word occurs in a first person speech so the translation has accommodated the switch in person as it has in a number of other places (compare also NIV, TEV, ICV).

⁹ tn The word “westward” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to give some orientation.

¹⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 54:13.

¹¹ tn Or “listens to the Father and learns.”