[18:9] 1 tn Heb “Also, the one who.” Many commentators and a number of English versions omit the word “also.”
[18:9] 2 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] 3 sn These two troubling types, the slacker and the destroyer, are closely related.
[18:9] 4 tn Heb “possessor of destruction.” This idiom means “destroyer” (so ASV); KJV “a great waster”; NRSV “a vandal.”
[24:27] 5 tn The perfect tense with vav following the imperatives takes on the force of an imperative here.
[24:27] 6 sn If the term “house” is understood literally, the proverb would mean that one should be financially secure before building a house (cf. NLT). If “house” is figurative for household (metonymy of subject: children or family), the proverb would mean that one should have financial security and provision before starting a family. Some English versions suggest the latter meaning by using the word “home” for “house” (e.g., TEV, CEV).
