Genesis 3:9

3:9 But the Lord God called to ¹  the man and said to him, “Where are you?” ² 

Psalms 106:13

106:13 They quickly forgot what he had done; ³ 

they did not wait for his instructions. ⁴ 

John 8:7-10

8:7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight ⁵  and replied, ⁶  “Whoever among you is guiltless ⁷  may be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8:8 Then ⁸  he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

8:9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, ⁹  until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 8:10 Jesus stood up straight ¹⁰  and said to her, “Woman, ¹¹  where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

Romans 1:21

1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts ¹²  were darkened.

[3:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qara’, “to call”) followed by the preposition אֶל־ or לְ (’el- or lÿ, “to, unto”) often carries the connotation of “summon.”

[3:9]  ² sn Where are you? The question is probably rhetorical (a figure of speech called erotesis) rather than literal, because it was spoken to the man, who answers it with an explanation of why he was hiding rather than a location. The question has more the force of “Why are you hiding?”

[106:13]  ³ tn Heb “his works.”

[106:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “his counsel.”

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Or “he straightened up.”

[8:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “and said to them.”

[8:7]  ⁷ tn Or “sinless.”

[8:8]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style generally does not.

[8:9]  ⁹ tn Or “beginning from the eldest.”

[8:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “straightened up.”

[8:10]  ¹¹ sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή 1), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.

[1:21]  ¹² tn Grk “heart.”