Proverbs 8:34

8:34 Blessed is the one ¹  who listens to me,

watching ²  at my doors day by day,

waiting ³  beside my doorway. ⁴ 

Lamentations 3:26

3:26 It is good to wait patiently ⁵ 

for deliverance from the Lord. ⁶ 

Romans 8:25

8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. ⁷ 

James 5:7

Patience in Suffering

5:7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, ⁸  until the Lord’s return. ⁹  Think of how the farmer waits ¹⁰  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ¹¹  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

[8:34]  ¹ tn Heb “the man.”

[8:34]  ² tn The form לִשְׁקֹד (lishqod) is the infinitive construct serving epexegetically in the sentence. It explains how the person will listen to wisdom.

[8:34]  ³ tn Heb “keeping” or “guarding.”

[8:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “at the posts of my doors” (so KJV, ASV).

[3:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “waiting and silently.” The two adjectives וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם (vÿyakhil vÿdumam, “waiting and silently”) form a hendiadys: The first functions verbally and the second functions adverbially: “to wait silently.” The adjective דוּמָם (dumam, “silently”) also functions as a metonymy of association, standing for patience or rest (HALOT 217 s.v.). This metonymical nuance is captured well in less literal English versions: “wait in patience” (TEV) and “wait patiently” (CEV, NJPS). The more literal English versions do not express the metonymy as well: “quietly wait” (KJV, NKJV, ASV), “waits silently” (NASB), “wait quietly” (RSV, NRSV, NIV).

[3:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “deliverance of the Lord.” In the genitive-construct, the genitive יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”) denotes source, that is, he is the source of the deliverance: “deliverance from the Lord.”

[8:25]  ⁷ tn Or “perseverance.”

[5:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:7]  ⁹ tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).

[5:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”

[5:7]  ¹¹ tn Grk “being patient.”