Job 15:35

15:35 They conceive ¹  trouble and bring forth evil;

their belly ²  prepares deception.”

Psalms 7:14

7:14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,

who conceives destructive plans,

and gives birth to harmful lies – ³ 

Psalms 36:4

36:4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed;

he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; ⁴ 

he does not reject what is evil. ⁵ 

Psalms 62:3

62:3 How long will you threaten ⁶  a man?

All of you are murderers, ⁷ 

as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence. ⁸ 

Psalms 140:2

140:2 who plan ways to harm me. ⁹ 

All day long they stir up conflict. ¹⁰ 

Proverbs 6:14

6:14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts ¹¹  in his heart,

he spreads contention ¹²  at all times.

Proverbs 11:27

11:27 The one who diligently seeks ¹³  good seeks favor,

but the one who searches ¹⁴  for evil – it will come to him. ¹⁵ 

Proverbs 24:2

24:2 for their hearts contemplate violence,

and their lips speak harm. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ¹⁷  filled with evil intentions, will trade ¹⁸  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

Romans 3:13-18

3:13 “Their throats are open graves, ¹⁹ 

they deceive with their tongues,

the poison of asps is under their lips.” ²⁰ 

3:14 “Their mouths are ²¹  full of cursing and bitterness.” ²² 

3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood,

3:16 ruin and misery are in their paths,

3:17 and the way of peace they have not known.” ²³ 

3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” ²⁴ 

[15:35]  ¹ tn Infinitives absolute are used in this verse in the place of finite verbs. They lend a greater vividness to the description, stressing the basic meaning of the words.

[15:35]  ² tn At the start of the speech Eliphaz said Job’s belly was filled with the wind; now it is there that he prepares deception. This inclusio frames the speech.

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “and he conceives harm and gives birth to a lie.”

[36:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “he takes a stand in a way [that is] not good.” The word “way” here refers metaphorically to behavior or life style.

[36:4]  ⁵ tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 highlight the characteristic behavior of the typical evildoer.

[62:3]  ⁶ tn The verb form is plural; the psalmist addresses his enemies. The verb הוּת occurs only here in the OT. An Arabic cognate means “shout at.”

[62:3]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has a Pual (passive) form, but the verb form should be vocalized as a Piel (active) form. See BDB 953-54 s.v. רָצַח.

[62:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “like a bent wall and a broken fence.” The point of the comparison is not entirely clear. Perhaps the enemies are depicted as dangerous, like a leaning wall or broken fence that is in danger of falling on someone (see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms [ICC], 2:69).

[140:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “they devise wicked [plans] in [their] mind.”

[140:2]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “they attack [for] war.” Some revocalize the verb (which is a Qal imperfect from גּוּר, gur, “to attack”) as יְגָרוּ (yÿgaru), a Piel imperfect from גָרָה (garah, “stir up strife”). This is followed in the present translation.

[6:14]  ¹¹ tn The noun is an adverbial accusative of manner, explaining the circumstances that inform his evil plans.

[6:14]  ¹² tn The word “contention” is from the root דִּין (din); the noun means “strife, contention, quarrel.” The normal plural form is represented by the Qere, and the contracted form by the Kethib.

[11:27]  ¹³ tn Two separate words are used here for “seek.” The first is שָׁחַר (shakhar, “to seek diligently”) and the second is בָּקַשׁ (baqash, “to seek after; to look for”). Whoever is seeking good is in effect seeking favor – from either God or man (e.g., Ps 5:12; Isa 49:8).

[11:27]  ¹⁴ tn The participle דֹּרֵשׁ (doresh) means “to seek; to inquire; to investigate.” A person generally receives the consequences of the kind of life he seeks.

[11:27]  ¹⁵ tn The verb is the imperfect tense, third feminine singular, referring to “evil,” the object of the participle.

[24:2]  ¹⁶ sn This nineteenth saying warns against evil associations. Evil people are obsessed with destruction and trouble. See on this theme 1:10-19; 3:31 and 23:17. D. Kidner observes that a close view of sinners is often a good antidote to envying them (Proverbs [TOTC], 153).

[11:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

[11:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “speak.”

[3:13]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”

[3:13]  ²⁰ sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.

[3:14]  ²¹ tn Grk “whose mouth is.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:14]  ²² sn A quotation from Ps 10:7.

[3:17]  ²³ sn Rom 3:15-17 is a quotation from Isa 59:7-8.

[3:18]  ²⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 36:1.