1 Samuel 2:9

2:9 He watches over ¹  his holy ones, ² 

but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,

for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

Job 5:16

5:16 Thus the poor have hope,

and iniquity ³  shuts its mouth. ⁴ 

Psalms 107:42

107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,

and every sinner ⁵  shuts his mouth.

Jeremiah 2:23

2:23 “How can you say, ‘I have not made myself unclean.

I have not paid allegiance to ⁶  the gods called Baal.’

Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! ⁷ 

Think about the things you have done there!

You are like a flighty, young female camel

that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 2:26

2:26 Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught,

so the people of Israel ⁹  will suffer dishonor for what they have done. ¹⁰ 

So will their kings and officials,

their priests and their prophets.

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ¹¹  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Titus 3:11

3:11 You know ¹²  that such a person is twisted by sin ¹³  and is conscious of it himself. ¹⁴ 

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “guards the feet of.” The expression means that God watches over and protects the godly in all of their activities and movements. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 are understood as indicating what is typically true. Another option is to translate them with the future tense. See v. 10b.

[2:9]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the plural (“his holy ones”) rather than the singular (“his holy one”) of the Kethib.

[5:16]  ³ tn Other translations render this “injustice” (NIV, NRSV, CEV) or “unrighteousness” (NASB).

[5:16]  ⁴ tn The verse summarizes the result of God’s intervention in human affairs, according to Eliphaz’ idea that even-handed justice prevails. Ps 107:42 parallels v. 16b.

[107:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “all evil,” which stands metonymically for those who do evil.

[2:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “I have not gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note on 2:5 for the meaning and usage of this idiom.

[2:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look at your way in the valley.” The valley is an obvious reference to the Valley of Hinnom where Baal and Molech were worshiped and child sacrifice was practiced.

[2:23]  ⁸ sn The metaphor is intended to depict Israel’s lack of clear direction and purpose without the Lord’s control.

[2:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “house of Israel.”

[2:26]  ¹⁰ tn The words “for what they have done” are implicit in the comparison and are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[3:19]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”

[3:11]  ¹² tn Grk “knowing” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[3:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “is perverted and is sinning.”

[3:11]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “is sinning, being self-condemned.”