Lamentations 3:40

נ (Nun)

3:40 Let us carefully examine our ways, ¹ 

and let us return to the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:28

18:28 Because he considered ²  and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ³  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ⁴  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ⁵ 

Haggai 1:5

1:5 Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing. ⁶ 

Haggai 1:7

The Instruction of the People

1:7 “Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also. ⁷ 

Luke 15:17-20

15:17 But when he came to his senses ⁸  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ⁹  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger! 15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned ¹⁰  against heaven ¹¹  and against ¹²  you. 15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me ¹³  like one of your hired workers.”’ 15:20 So ¹⁴  he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home ¹⁵  his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; ¹⁶  he ran and hugged ¹⁷  his son ¹⁸  and kissed him.

Luke 15:2

15:2 But ¹⁹  the Pharisees ²⁰  and the experts in the law ²¹  were complaining, ²²  “This man welcomes ²³  sinners and eats with them.”

Colossians 1:5

1:5 Your faith and love have arisen ²⁴  from the hope laid up ²⁵  for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel ²⁶ 

[3:40]  ¹ tn Heb “Let us test our ways and examine.” The two verbs וְנַחְקֹרָה…נַחְפְּשָׂה (nakhpÿsah…vÿnakhqorah, “Let us test and let us examine”) form a verbal hendiadys in which the first functions adverbially and the second retains its full verbal force: “Let us carefully examine our ways.”

[18:28]  ² tn Heb “he saw.”

[18:30]  ³ tn Heb “ways.”

[18:30]  ⁴ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

[18:30]  ⁵ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

[1:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways” (see 2:15, 18); traditionally “Consider your ways” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).

[1:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways”; see v. 5.

[15:17]  ⁸ tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).

[15:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).

[15:18]  ¹⁰ sn In the confession “I have sinned” there is a recognition of wrong that pictures the penitent coming home and “being found.”

[15:18]  ¹¹ sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God.

[15:18]  ¹² tn According to BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνωπιον 4.a, “in relation to ἁμαρτάνειν ἐ. τινος sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21 (cf. Jdth 5:17; 1 Km 7:6; 20:1).”

[15:19]  ¹³ tn Or “make me.” Here is a sign of total humility.

[15:20]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the son’s decision to return home. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style generally does not.

[15:20]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “a long way off from [home].” The word “home” is implied (L&N 85.16).

[15:20]  ¹⁶ tn Or “felt great affection for him,” “felt great pity for him.”

[15:20]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he fell on his neck,” an idiom for showing special affection for someone by throwing one’s arms around them. The picture is of the father hanging on the son’s neck in welcome.

[15:20]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:2]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[15:2]  ²⁰ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[15:2]  ²¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[15:2]  ²² tn Or “grumbling”; Grk “were complaining, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[15:2]  ²³ tn Or “accepts,” “receives.” This is not the first time this issue has been raised: Luke 5:27-32; 7:37-50.

[1:5]  ²⁴ tn Col 1:3-8 form one long sentence in the Greek text and have been divided at the end of v. 4 and v. 6 and within v. 6 for clarity, in keeping with the tendency in contemporary English toward shorter sentences. Thus the phrase “Your faith and love have arisen from the hope” is literally “because of the hope.” The perfect tense “have arisen” was chosen in the English to reflect the fact that the recipients of the letter had acquired this hope at conversion in the past, but that it still remains and motivates them to trust in Christ and to love one another.

[1:5]  ²⁵ tn BDAG 113 s.v. ἀπόκειμαι 2 renders ἀποκειμένην (apokeimenhn) with the expression “reserved” in this verse.

[1:5]  ²⁶ tn The term “the gospel” (τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, tou euangeliou) is in apposition to “the word of truth” (τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας, tw logw th" alhqeia") as indicated in the translation.