Discovery Box2 Samuel 16:20
Context16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”
2 Samuel 17:5
Context17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for 1 Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” 2
Job 12:12
Context12:12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? 3
Does not long life bring understanding?
Job 32:7
Context32:7 I said to myself, ‘Age 4 should speak, 5
and length of years 6 should make wisdom known.’
Proverbs 27:10
Context27:10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;
a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. 7
Jeremiah 42:2-5
Context42:2 They said to him, “Please grant our request 8 and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. 9 For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before. 10 42:3 Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.” 42:4 The prophet Jeremiah answered them, “Agreed! 11 I will indeed pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the Lord replies in response to you. 12 I will not keep anything back from you.” 42:5 They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as 13 the Lord sends you to tell us to do.
Jeremiah 43:2
Context43:2 Then Azariah 14 son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’
[17:5] 1 tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.
[17:5] 2 tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”
[12:12] 3 tn The statement in the Hebrew Bible simply has “among the aged – wisdom.” Since this seems to be more the idea of the friends than of Job, scholars have variously tried to rearrange it. Some have proposed that Job is citing his friends: “With the old men, you say, is wisdom” (Budde, Gray, Hitzig). Others have simply made it a question (Weiser). But others take לֹא (lo’) from the previous verse and make it the negative here, to say, “wisdom is not….” But Job will draw on the wisdom of the aged, only with discernment, for ultimately all wisdom is with God.
[32:7] 5 tn The imperfect here is to be classified as an obligatory imperfect.
[32:7] 6 tn Heb “abundance of years.”
[27:10] 7 sn The meaning of the verse is very difficult, although the translation is rather straightforward. It may simply be saying that people should retain family relationships but will discover that a friend who is available is better than a relative who is not. But C. H. Toy thinks that the verse is made up of three lines that have no connection: 10a instructs people to maintain relationships, 10b says not to go to a brother’s house [only?] when disaster strikes, and 10c observes that a nearby friend is better than a far-away relative. C. H. Toy suggests a connection may have been there, but has been lost (Proverbs [ICC], 485-86). The conflict between 17:17 and 10b may be another example of presenting two sides of the issue, a fairly frequent occurrence in the book of Proverbs.
[42:2] 8 tn Heb “please let our petition fall before you.” For the idiom here see 37:20 and the translator’s note there.
[42:2] 9 tn Heb “on behalf of us, [that is] on behalf of all this remnant.”
[42:2] 10 tn Heb “For we are left a few from the many as your eyes are seeing us.” The words “used to be” are not in the text but are implicit. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness of English style.
[42:4] 11 tn Heb “I have heard” = “I agree.” For this nuance of the verb see BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Qal.1.j and compare the usage in Gen 37:27 and Judg 11:17 listed there.
[42:4] 12 tn Heb “all the word which the
[42:5] 13 tn Heb “do according to all the word which.”
[43:2] 14 sn See the study note on 42:1 for the possible identification of this man with Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite.
