Discovery Box1 Samuel 13:6
Context13:6 The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, 1 and cisterns.
1 Samuel 14:11
Context14:11 When they 2 made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.”
Isaiah 2:10
Context2:10 Go up into the rocky cliffs,
hide in the ground.
Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, 3
from his royal splendor!
Isaiah 2:19
Context2:19 They 4 will go into caves in the rocky cliffs
and into holes in the ground, 5
trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord 6
and his royal splendor,
when he rises up to terrify the earth. 7
Hosea 10:8
Context10:8 The high places of the “House 8 of Wickedness” 9 will be destroyed;
it is the place where Israel sins.
Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars.
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Amos 9:3
Context9:3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel,
I would hunt them down and take them from there.
Even if they tried to hide from me 10 at the bottom of the sea,
from there 11 I would command the Sea Serpent 12 to bite them.
Micah 7:17
Context7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake,
like serpents crawling on the ground. 13
They will come trembling from their strongholds
to the Lord our God; 14
they will be terrified 15 of you. 16
Luke 23:30
Context23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 17 ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ 18
Revelation 6:15-17
Context6:15 Then 19 the kings of the earth, the 20 very important people, the generals, 21 the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave 22 and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 6:16 They 23 said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 24 6:17 because the great day of their 25 wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” 26
[13:6] 1 tn Or perhaps “vaults.” This rare term also occurs in Judg 9:46, 49. Cf. KJV “high places”; ASV “coverts”; NAB “caverns”; NASB “cellars”; NIV, NCV, TEV “pits”; NRSV, NLT “tombs.”
[14:11] 2 tn Heb “the two of them.”
[2:10] 3 tn Heb “from the dread of the Lord,” that is, from the dread that he produces in the objects of his judgment.” The words “get away” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[2:19] 4 tn The identity of the grammatical subject is unclear. The “idols” could be the subject; they will “go” into the caves and holes when the idolaters throw them there in their haste to escape God’s judgment (see vv. 20-21). The picture of the idols, which represent the foreign deities worshiped by the people, fleeing from the Lord would be highly polemical and fit the overall mood of the chapter. However it seems more likely that the idolaters themselves are the subject, for v. 10 uses similar language in sarcastically urging them to run from judgment.
[2:19] 5 tn Heb “dust”; ASV “into the holes of the earth.”
[2:19] 6 tn Heb “from the dread of the Lord,” that is, from the dread that he produces in the objects of his judgment.” The words “trying to escape” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[2:19] 7 tn Or “land.” It is not certain if these verses are describing the judgment of Judah (see vv. 6-9) or a more universal judgment on all proud men.
[10:8] 8 tn Alternately, “Aven” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) for the city name “Beth Aven.” The term “Beth” (house) does not appear in the Hebrew text here, but is implied (e.g., Hos 4:15). It is supplied in the translation for clarity.
[10:8] 9 tc The MT reads בָּמוֹת אָוֶן (bamot ’aven, “high places of Aven”); however, several Hebrew
[9:3] 10 tn Heb “from before my eyes.”
[9:3] 11 tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem).
[9:3] 12 sn If the article indicates a definite serpent, then the mythological Sea Serpent, symbolic of the world’s chaotic forces, is probably in view. See Job 26:13 and Isa 27:1 (where it is also called Leviathan). Elsewhere in the OT this serpent is depicted as opposing the
[7:17] 13 tn Heb “like crawling things on the ground.” The parallelism suggests snakes are in view.
[7:17] 14 tn Thetranslationassumesthatthe phrase אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ (’el-yÿhvah ’elohenu, “to the
[7:17] 15 tn Heb “they will be in dread and afraid.”
[7:17] 16 tn The
[23:30] 17 sn The figure of crying out to the mountains ‘Fall on us!’ (appealing to creation itself to hide them from God’s wrath), means that a time will come when people will feel they are better off dead (Hos 10:8).
[23:30] 18 sn An allusion to Hos 10:8 (cf. Rev 6:16).
[6:15] 19 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
[6:15] 20 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated; nor is it translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
[6:15] 21 tn Grk “chiliarchs.” A chiliarch was normally a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).
[6:15] 22 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
[6:16] 23 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[6:16] 24 tn It is difficult to say where this quotation ends. The translation ends it after “withstand it” at the end of v. 17, but it is possible that it should end here, after “Lamb” at the end of v. 16. If it ends after “Lamb,” v. 17 is a parenthetical explanation by the author.
[6:17] 25 tc Most
[6:17] 26 tn The translation “to withstand (it)” for ἵστημι (Jisthmi) is based on the imagery of holding one’s ground in a military campaign or an attack (BDAG 482 s.v. B.4).
