2 Samuel 7:17
Context7:17 Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. 1
Jeremiah 23:28
Context23:28 Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! 2 I, the Lord, affirm it! 3
Acts 20:27
Context20:27 For I did not hold back from 4 announcing 5 to you the whole purpose 6 of God.
[7:17] 1 tn Heb “according to all these words and according to all this revelation, so Nathan said to David.”
[23:28] 2 tn Heb “What to the straw with [in comparison with] the grain?” This idiom represents an emphatic repudiation or denial of relationship. See, for example, the usage in 2 Sam 16:10 and note BDB 553 s.v. מָה 1.d(c).
[23:28] 3 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[20:27] 4 tn Or “did not avoid.” BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 2.b has “shrink from, avoid implying fear…οὐ γὰρ ὑπεστειλάμην τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι I did not shrink from proclaiming Ac 20:27”; L&N 13.160 has “to hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern – ‘to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid’…‘for I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God’ Ac 20:27.”