Job 22:18

22:18 But it was he ¹  who filled their houses

with good things –

yet the counsel of the wicked ² 

was far from me. ³ 

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

8:17 Be careful ⁴  not to say, “My own ability and skill ⁵  have gotten me this wealth.” 8:18 You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, ⁶  even as he has to this day.

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ⁷  I am giving ⁸  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ⁹  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ¹⁰ 

Deuteronomy 2:7

2:7 All along the way I, the Lord your God, ¹¹  have blessed your every effort. ¹²  I have ¹³  been attentive to ¹⁴  your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have ¹⁵  been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”

Jeremiah 27:5-6

27:5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, ¹⁶  and I give it to whomever I see fit. ¹⁷  27:6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power ¹⁸  of my servant, ¹⁹  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. ²⁰ 

Daniel 9:17

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ²¹  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ²²  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ²³ 

Daniel 5:18

5:18 As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty. ²⁴ 

Romans 11:36

11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

James 2:5-7

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ²⁵  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor! ²⁶  Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? 2:7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? ²⁷ 

[22:18]  ¹ tn The pronoun is added for this emphasis; it has “but he” before the verb.

[22:18]  ² tn See Job 10:3.

[22:18]  ³ tc The LXX has “from him,” and this is followed by several commentators. But the MT is to be retained, for Eliphaz is recalling the words of Job. Verses 17 and 18 are deleted by a number of commentators as a gloss because they have many similarities to 21:14-16. But Eliphaz is recalling what Job said, in order to say that the prosperity to which Job alluded was only the prelude to a disaster he denied (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 156).

[8:17]  ⁴ tn For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 17 in the translation and the words “be careful” supplied to indicate the connection.

[8:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “my strength and the might of my hand.”

[8:18]  ⁶ tc Smr and Lucian add “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the standard way of rendering this almost stereotypical formula (cf. Deut 1:8; 6:10; 9:5, 27; 29:13; 30:20; 34:4). The MT’s harder reading presumptively argues for its originality, however.

[8:1]  ⁷ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

[8:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

[2:7]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text does not have the first person pronoun; it has been supplied for purposes of English style (the Lord is speaking here).

[2:7]  ¹² tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[2:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “he has.” This has been converted to first person in the translation in keeping with English style.

[2:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “known” (so ASV, NASB); NAB “been concerned about.”

[2:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God has.” This has been replaced in the translation by the first person pronoun (“I”) in keeping with English style.

[27:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by my great power and my outstretched arm.” Again “arm” is symbolical for “strength.” Compare the similar expression in 21:5.

[27:5]  ¹⁷ sn See Dan 4:17 for a similar statement.

[27:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “have given…into the hand of.”

[27:6]  ¹⁹ sn See the study note on 25:9 for the significance of the application of this term to Nebuchadnezzar.

[27:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “I have given…to him to serve him.” The verb “give” in this syntactical situation is functioning like the Hiphil stem, i.e., as a causative. See Dan 1:9 for parallel usage. For the usage of “serve” meaning “be subject to” compare 2 Sam 22:44 and BDB 713 s.v. עָבַד 3.

[9:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ²² tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

[9:17]  ²³ tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

[5:18]  ²⁴ tn Or “royal greatness and majestic honor,” if the four terms are understood as a double hendiadys.

[2:5]  ²⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:6]  ²⁶ tn This is singular: “the poor person,” perhaps referring to the hypothetical one described in vv. 2-3.

[2:7]  ²⁷ tn Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord’s name “named over them” is OT imagery for the Lord’s ownership of his people (cf. 2 Chr 7:14; Amos 9:12; Isa 63:19; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Dan 9:19; Acts 15:17).