1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ¹  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ² 

1 Samuel 20:9

20:9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you to suggest this! If I were at all aware that my father had decided to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”

1 Samuel 25:17

25:17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. ³  He is such a wicked person ⁴  that no one tells him anything!”

Psalms 112:10

112:10 When the wicked ⁵  see this, they will worry;

they will grind their teeth in frustration ⁶  and melt away;

the desire of the wicked will perish. ⁷ 

Proverbs 19:12

19:12 A king’s wrath is like ⁸  the roar of a lion, ⁹ 

but his favor is like dew on the grass. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 3:19

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ¹¹  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ¹²  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

[20:7]  ¹ tn Heb “good.”

[20:7]  ² tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

[25:17]  ³ tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”

[25:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”

[112:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text uses the singular; the representative wicked individual is in view as typifying the group (note the use of the plural form in v. 10).

[112:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “his teeth he will gnash.” In Pss 35:16 and 37:12 this action is associated with a vicious attack.

[112:10]  ⁷ tn This could mean that the desires of the wicked will go unfulfilled. Another possibility is that “desire” refers by metonymy to the object desired and acquired. In this case the point is that the wicked will lose what they desired so badly and acquired by evil means (see Ps 10:3).

[19:12]  ⁸ sn The verse contrasts the “rage” of the king with his “favor” by using two similes. The first simile presents the king at his most dangerous – his anger (e.g., 20:2; Amos 3:4). The second simile presents his favor as beneficial for life (e.g., 16:14-15; 28:15).

[19:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “is a roaring like a lion.”

[19:12]  ¹⁰ sn The proverb makes an observation about a king’s power to terrify or to refresh. It advises people to use tact with a king.

[3:19]  ¹¹ tn Aram “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”

[3:19]  ¹² tn Aram “he answered and said.”