Psalms 90:8

90:8 You are aware of our sins; ¹ 

you even know about our hidden sins. ² 

Ecclesiastes 12:14

12:14 For God will evaluate every deed, ³ 

including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Amos 8:7

8:7 The Lord confirms this oath ⁴  by the arrogance of Jacob: ⁵ 

“I swear ⁶  I will never forget all you have done! ⁷ 

Amos 8:1

More Visions and Messages of Judgment

8:1 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw ⁸  a basket of summer fruit. ⁹ 

Colossians 4:5

4:5 Conduct yourselves ¹⁰  with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

¹ tn Heb “you set our sins in front of you.”

² tn Heb “what we have hidden to the light of your face.” God’s face is compared to a light or lamp that exposes the darkness around it.

³ tn Heb “will bring every deed into judgment.”

⁴ tn Or “swears.”

⁵ sn In an oath one appeals to something permanent to emphasize one’s commitment to the promise. Here the Lord sarcastically swears by the arrogance of Jacob, which he earlier had condemned (6:8), something just as enduring as the Lord’s own life (see 6:8) or unchanging character (see 4:2). Other suggestions include that the Lord is swearing by the land, his most valuable possession (cf. Isa 4:2; Ps 47:4 [47:5 HT]); that this is a divine epithet analogous to “the Glory of Israel” (1 Sam 15:29); or that an ellipsis should be understood here, in which case the meaning is the same as that of 6:8 (“The Lord has sworn [by himself] against the arrogance of Jacob”).

⁶ tn The words “I swear” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation because a self-imprecation is assumed in oaths of this type.

⁷ tn Or “I will never forget all your deeds.”

⁸ tn Heb “behold” or “look.”

⁹ sn The basket of summer fruit (also in the following verse) probably refers to figs from the summer crop, which ripens in August-September. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 115.

¹⁰ tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).