Psalms 8:2

8:2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies

you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, ¹ 

so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. ² 

Isaiah 35:3-4

35:3 Strengthen the hands that have gone limp,

steady the knees that shake! ³ 

35:4 Tell those who panic, ⁴ 

“Be strong! Do not fear!

Look, your God comes to avenge!

With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” ⁵ 

Isaiah 40:29-31

40:29 He gives strength to those who are tired;

to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

40:30 Even youths get tired and weary;

even strong young men clumsily stumble. ⁶ 

40:31 But those who wait for the Lord’s help ⁷  find renewed strength;

they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, ⁸ 

they run without growing weary,

they walk without getting tired.

Isaiah 41:13-16

41:13 For I am the Lord your God,

the one who takes hold of your right hand,

who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

41:14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, ⁹ 

men of ¹⁰  Israel.

I am helping you,” says the Lord,

your protector, ¹¹  the Holy One of Israel. ¹² 

41:15 “Look, I am making you like ¹³  a sharp threshing sledge,

new and double-edged. ¹⁴ 

You will thresh the mountains and crush them;

you will make the hills like straw. ¹⁵ 

41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;

the wind will scatter them.

You will rejoice in the Lord;

you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Daniel 10:16-19

10:16 Then ¹⁶  one who appeared to be a human being ¹⁷  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ¹⁸  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ¹⁹  My strength is gone, ²⁰  and I am breathless.” 10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ²¹  and strengthened me. 10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ²²  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ²³  for you have given me strength.”

Ephesians 3:16

3:16 I pray that ²⁴  according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

Philippians 4:13

4:13 I am able to do all things ²⁵  through the one ²⁶  who strengthens me.

Colossians 1:11

1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of ²⁷  all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

Hebrews 11:34

11:34 quenched raging fire, ²⁸  escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, ²⁹  became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,

[8:2]  ¹ tn Heb “you establish strength because of your foes.” The meaning of the statement is unclear. The present translation follows the reading of the LXX which has “praise” (αἶνος, ainos) in place of “strength” (עֹז, ’oz); cf. NIV, NCV, NLT.

[8:2]  ² tn Heb “to cause to cease an enemy and an avenger.” The singular forms are collective. The Hitpael participle of נָקַם (naqam) also occurs in Ps 44:16.

[35:3]  ³ tn Heb “staggering knees”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “feeble knees”; NIV “knees that give way.”

[35:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.

[35:4]  ⁶ tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.

[40:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “stumbling they stumble.” The verbal idea is emphasized by the infinitive absolute.

[40:31]  ⁹ tn The words “for the Lord’s help” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[40:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they rise up [on] wings like eagles” (TEV similar).

[41:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “O worm Jacob” (NAB, NIV). The worm metaphor suggests that Jacob is insignificant and despised.

[41:14]  ¹² tn On the basis of the parallelism (note “worm”) and an alleged Akkadian cognate, some read “louse” or “weevil.” Cf. NAB “O maggot Israel”; NRSV “you insect Israel.”

[41:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “your kinsman redeemer.” A גָּאַל (ga’al, “kinsman redeemer”) was a protector of the extended family’s interests.

[41:14]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[41:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”

[41:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.

[41:15]  ¹⁵ sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.

[10:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:16]  ¹⁶ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

[10:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

[10:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

[10:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “does not stand.”

[10:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.

[10:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ²² tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

[3:16]  ²³ tn Grk “that.” In Greek v. 16 is a subordinate clause to vv. 14-15.

[4:13]  ²⁵ tn The Greek word translated “all things” is in emphatic position at the beginning of the Greek sentence.

[4:13]  ²⁶ tc Although some excellent witnesses lack explicit reference to the one strengthening Paul (so א* A B D* I 33 1739 lat co Cl), the majority of witnesses (א² D² [F G] Ψ 075 1881 Ï sy) add Χριστῷ (Cristw) here (thus, “through Christ who strengthens me”). But this kind of reading is patently secondary, and is a predictable variant. Further, the shorter reading is much harder, for it leaves the agent unspecified.

[1:11]  ²⁷ tn The expression “for the display of” is an attempt to convey in English the force of the Greek preposition εἰς (eis) in this context.

[11:34]  ²⁹ tn Grk “quenched the power of fire.”

[11:34]  ³⁰ tn Or “recovered from sickness.”