Deuteronomy 32:22

32:22 For a fire has been kindled by my anger,

and it burns to lowest Sheol; ¹ 

it consumes the earth and its produce,

and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:2

32:2 My teaching will drop like the rain,

my sayings will drip like the dew, ² 

as rain drops upon the grass,

and showers upon new growth.

Deuteronomy 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ³  around your roof to avoid being culpable ⁴  in the event someone should fall from it.

Deuteronomy 22:16

22:16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected ⁵  her.

Psalms 104:5

104:5 He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be upended.

Proverbs 8:29

8:29 when he gave the sea his decree

that the waters should not pass over his command, ⁶ 

when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

Jeremiah 31:37

31:37 The Lord says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel

because of all that they have done. ⁷ 

That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured

or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” ⁸ 

says the Lord. ⁹ 

[32:22]  ¹ tn Or “to the lowest depths of the earth”; cf. NAB “to the depths of the nether world”; NIV “to the realm of death below”; NLT “to the depths of the grave.”

[32:2]  ² tn Or “mist,” “light drizzle.” In some contexts the term appears to refer to light rain, rather than dew.

[22:8]  ³ tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”

[22:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.

[8:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “his mouth.”

[31:37]  ⁷ sn This answers Jeremiah’s question in 14:19.

[31:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “If the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below be explored, then also I could reject all the seed of Israel for all they have done.”

[31:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”