Luke 1:58

1:58 Her ¹  neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown ²  great mercy to her, and they rejoiced ³  with her.

Genesis 21:6

21:6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. ⁴  Everyone who hears about this ⁵  will laugh ⁶  with me.”

Proverbs 15:20

15:20 A wise child ⁷  brings joy to his father,

but a foolish person ⁸  despises ⁹  his mother.

Proverbs 23:15

23:15 My child, ¹⁰  if your heart is wise,

then my heart also will be glad;

Proverbs 23:24

23:24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; ¹¹ 

whoever fathers a wise child ¹²  will have joy in him.

[1:58]  ¹ tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:58]  ² tn Grk “had magnified his mercy with her.”

[1:58]  ³ tn The verb συνέχαιρον (sunecairon) is an imperfect and could be translated as an ingressive force, “they began to rejoice.”

[21:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “Laughter God has made for me.”

[21:6]  ⁵ tn The words “about this” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:6]  ⁶ sn Sarah’s words play on the name “Isaac” in a final triumphant manner. God prepared “laughter” (צְחֹק, ysÿkhoq ) for her, and everyone who hears about this “will laugh” (יִצְחַק, yitskhaq ) with her. The laughter now signals great joy and fulfillment, not unbelief (cf. Gen 18:12-15).

[15:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “son.”

[15:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “a fool of a man,” a genitive of specification.

[15:20]  ⁹ sn The proverb is almost the same as 10:1, except that “despises” replaces “grief.” This adds the idea of the callousness of the one who inflicts grief on his mother (D. Kidner, Proverbs [TOTC], 116).

[23:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my son,” although the context does not limit this exhortation to male children.

[23:24]  ¹¹ tc The Qere reading has the imperfect יָגִיל (yagil) with the cognate accusative גִּיל (gil) which intensifies the meaning and the specific future of this verb.

[23:24]  ¹² tn The term “child” is supplied for the masculine singular adjective here.