Nehemiah 8:10

8:10 He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. ¹  Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Proverbs 18:9

18:9 The one who ²  is slack ³  in his work

is a brother ⁴  to one who destroys. ⁵ 

Luke 15:13

15:13 After ⁶  a few days, ⁷  the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered ⁸  his wealth ⁹  with a wild lifestyle.

Luke 16:1

The Parable of the Clever Steward

16:1 Jesus ¹⁰  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ¹¹  that his manager ¹²  was wasting ¹³  his assets.

[8:10]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “Also, the one who.” Many commentators and a number of English versions omit the word “also.”

[18:9]  ³ tn The form מִתְרַפֶּה (mitrappeh) is the Hitpael participle, “showing oneself slack.” The verb means “to sink; to relax,” and in the causative stem “to let drop” the hands. This is the lazy person who does not even try to work.

[18:9]  ⁴ sn These two troubling types, the slacker and the destroyer, are closely related.

[18:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “possessor of destruction.” This idiom means “destroyer” (so ASV); KJV “a great waster”; NRSV “a vandal.”

[15:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “And after.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “after not many days.”

[15:13]  ⁸ tn Or “wasted.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).

[15:13]  ⁹ tn Or “estate” (the same word has been translated “estate” in v. 12).

[16:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:1]  ¹¹ tn These are not formal legal charges, but reports from friends, acquaintances, etc.; Grk “A certain man was rich who had a manager, and this one was reported to him as wasting his property.”

[16:1]  ¹² sn His manager was the steward in charge of managing the house. He could have been a slave trained for the role.

[16:1]  ¹³ tn Or “squandering.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).