2 Kings 7:7-8

7:7 So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives. 7:8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. ¹  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ²  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ³  and went and hid what they had taken.

2 Kings 7:15

7:15 So they tracked them ⁴  as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. ⁵  The scouts ⁶  went back and told the king.

Proverbs 11:4

11:4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, ⁷ 

but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. ⁸ 

Isaiah 2:20

2:20 At that time ⁹  men will throw

their silver and gold idols,

which they made for themselves to worship, ¹⁰ 

into the caves where rodents and bats live, ¹¹ 

Isaiah 30:22

30:22 You will desecrate your silver-plated idols ¹² 

and your gold-plated images. ¹³ 

You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag,

saying to them, “Get out!”

Zephaniah 1:18

1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them

in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.

The whole earth ¹⁴  will be consumed by his fiery wrath. ¹⁵ 

Indeed, ¹⁶  he will bring terrifying destruction ¹⁷  on all who live on the earth.” ¹⁸ 

Matthew 16:26

16:26 For what does it benefit a person ¹⁹  if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[7:8]  ² tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

[7:8]  ³ tn Heb “and they took from there.”

[7:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “went after.”

[7:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

[7:15]  ⁶ tn Or “messengers.”

[11:4]  ⁷ sn The “day of wrath” refers to divine punishment in this life (R. N. Whybray, Proverbs [CBC], 67; e.g., also Job 21:30; Ezek 7:19; Zeph 1:18). Righteousness and not wealth is more valuable in anticipating judgment.

[11:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “from death.”

[2:20]  ⁹ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[2:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “bow down to.”

[2:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the shrews and to the bats.” On the meaning of חֲפַרְפָּרָה (khafarparah, “shrew”), see HALOT 341 s.v. חֲפַרְפָּרָה. The BHS text as it stands (לַחְפֹּר פֵּרוֹת, perot lakhpor), makes no sense. Based on Theodotion’s transliteration and a similar reading in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a, most scholars suggest that the MT mistakenly divided a noun (a hapax legomenon) that should be translated “moles,” “shrews,” or “rodents.”

[30:22]  ¹² tn Heb “the platings of your silver idols.”

[30:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “the covering of your gold image.”

[1:18]  ¹⁴ tn Or “land” (cf. NEB). This same word also occurs at the end of the present verse.

[1:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “passion”; traditionally, “jealousy.”

[1:18]  ¹⁶ tn Or “for.”

[1:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “complete destruction, even terror, he will make.”

[1:18]  ¹⁸ tn It is not certain where the Lord’s words end and the prophet’s words begin. It is possible that Zephaniah begins speaking in the middle of v. 17 or at the beginning of v. 18 (note the third person pronouns referring to the Lord).

[16:26]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.