Discovery BoxGenesis 3:13
Context3:13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this 1 you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent 2 tricked 3 me, and I ate.”
Joshua 7:19
Context7:19 So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, honor 4 the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me!”
Psalms 50:21
Context50:21 When you did these things, I was silent, 5
so you thought I was exactly like you. 6
But now I will condemn 7 you
and state my case against you! 8
[3:13] 1 tn The use of the demonstrative pronoun is enclitic, serving as an undeclined particle for emphasis. It gives the sense of “What in the world have you done?” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).
[3:13] 2 sn The Hebrew word order puts the subject (“the serpent”) before the verb here, giving prominence to it.
[3:13] 3 tn This verb (the Hiphil of נָשָׁא, nasha) is used elsewhere of a king or god misleading his people into false confidence (2 Kgs 18:29 = 2 Chr 32:15 = Isa 36:14; 2 Kgs 19:10 = Isa 37:10), of an ally deceiving a partner (Obad 7), of God deceiving his sinful people as a form of judgment (Jer 4:10), of false prophets instilling their audience with false hope (Jer 29:8), and of pride and false confidence producing self-deception (Jer 37:9; 49:16; Obad 3).
[7:19] 4 tn Heb “give glory to.”
[50:21] 5 tn Heb “these things you did and I was silent.” Some interpret the second clause (“and I was silent”) as a rhetorical question expecting a negative answer, “[When you do these things], should I keep silent?” (cf. NEB). See GKC 335 §112.cc.
[50:21] 6 tn The Hebrew infinitive construct (הֱיוֹת, heyot) appears to function like the infinitive absolute here, adding emphasis to the following finite verbal form (אֶהְיֶה, ’ehyeh). See GKC 339-40 §113.a. Some prefer to emend הֱיוֹת (heyot) to the infinitive absolute form הָיוֹ (hayo).
[50:21] 7 tn Or “rebuke” (see v. 8).
[50:21] 8 tn Heb “and I will set in order [my case against you] to your eyes.” The cohortative form expresses the
