Job 22:8

22:8 Although you were a powerful man, ¹  owning land, ² 

an honored man ³  living on it, ⁴ 

Job 34:19

34:19 who shows no partiality to princes,

and does not take note of ⁵  the rich more than the poor,

because all of them are the work of his hands?

Exodus 32:27

32:27 and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Each man fasten ⁶  his sword on his side, and go back and forth ⁷  from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” ⁸ 

Numbers 25:14-15

25:14 Now the name of the Israelite who was stabbed – the one who was stabbed with the Midianite woman – was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a clan ⁹  of the Simeonites. 25:15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader ¹⁰  over the people of a clan of Midian. ¹¹ 

Nehemiah 5:7

5:7 I considered these things carefully ¹²  and then registered a complaint with the wealthy ¹³  and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral ¹⁴  from your own countrymen!” ¹⁵  Because of them I called for ¹⁶  a great public assembly.

Nehemiah 13:4-8

13:4 But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms ¹⁷  of the temple of our God. 13:5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping ¹⁸  the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ¹⁹  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ²⁰  I had requested leave of the king, 13:7 and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God. 13:8 I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.

Nehemiah 13:28

13:28 Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.

Nehemiah 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ²¹  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

Colossians 1:16

1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, ²²  whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.

[22:8]  ¹ tn The idiom is “a man of arm” (= “powerful”; see Ps 10:15). This is in comparison to the next line, “man of face” (= “dignity; high rank”; see Isa 3:5).

[22:8]  ² tn Heb “and a man of arm, to whom [was] land.” The line is in contrast to the preceding one, and so the vav here introduces a concessive clause.

[22:8]  ³ tn The expression is unusual: “the one lifted up of face.” This is the “honored one,” the one to whom the dignity will be given.

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Many commentators simply delete the verse or move it elsewhere. Most take it as a general reference to Job, perhaps in apposition to the preceding verse.

[34:19]  ⁵ tn The verb means “to give recognition; to take note of” and in this passage with לִפְנֵי (lifne, “before”) it means to show preferential treatment to the rich before the poor. The word for “rich” here is an unusual word, found parallel to “noble” (Isa 32:2). P. Joüon thinks it is a term of social distinction (Bib 18 [1937]: 207-8).

[32:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “put.”

[32:27]  ⁷ tn The two imperatives form a verbal hendiadys: “pass over and return,” meaning, “go back and forth” throughout the camp.

[32:27]  ⁸ tn The phrases have “and kill a man his brother, and a man his companion, and a man his neighbor.” The instructions were probably intended to mean that they should kill leaders they knew to be guilty because they had been seen or because they failed the water test – whoever they were.

[25:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in v. 15.

[25:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “head.”

[25:15]  ¹¹ sn The passage makes it clear that this individual was a leader, one who was supposed to be preventing this thing from happening. The judgment was swift and severe, because the crime was so great, and the danger of it spreading was certain. Paul refers to this horrible incident when he reminds Christians not to do similar things (1 Cor 10:6-8).

[5:7]  ¹² tn Heb “my heart was advised upon me.”

[5:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “nobles.”

[5:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “taking a creditor’s debt.” The Hebrew noun מַשָּׁא (masha’) means “interest; debt” and probably refers to the collateral (pledge) collected by a creditor (HALOT 641-42 s.v.). This particular noun form appears only in Nehemiah (5:7, 10; 10:32); however, it is related to מַשָּׁאָה (masha’ah, “contractual loan; debt; collateral”) which appears elsewhere (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; cf. Neh 5:11). See the note on the word “people” at the end of v. 5. The BHS editors suggest emending the MT to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”), following several medieval Hebrew MSS; however, the result is not entirely clear: “you are bearing a burden, a man with his brothers.”

[5:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[5:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I gave.”

[13:4]  ¹⁷ tc The translation reads the plural rather than the singular of the MT.

[13:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “giving.”

[13:6]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to the end of days.”

[13:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.

[1:16]  ²² tn BDAG 579 s.v. κυριότης 3 suggests “bearers of the ruling powers, dominions” here.