Discovery BoxRevelation 20:13-14
Context20:13 The 1 sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death 2 and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. 20:14 Then 3 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death – the lake of fire.
Isaiah 25:8
Context25:8 he will swallow up death permanently. 4
The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the Lord has announced it! 5
Hosea 13:14
Context13:14 Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! 6
Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not!
O Death, bring on your plagues! 7
O Sheol, bring on your destruction! 8
My eyes will not show any compassion! 9
Habakkuk 2:5
Context2:5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! 10
His appetite 11 is as big as Sheol’s; 12
like death, he is never satisfied.
He gathers 13 all the nations;
he seizes 14 all peoples.
Habakkuk 2:1
Context2:1 I will stand at my watch post;
I will remain stationed on the city wall. 15
I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me
and can know 16 how I should answer
when he counters my argument. 17
Colossians 1:1
Context1:1 From Paul, 18 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
[20:13] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[20:13] 2 sn Here Death is personified (cf. 1 Cor 15:55).
[20:14] 3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
[25:8] 4 sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.
[25:8] 5 tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
[13:14] 6 tn The translation of the first two lines of this verse reflects the interpretation adopted. There are three interpretive options to v. 14: (1) In spite of Israel’s sins, the
[13:14] 7 tn Heb “Where, O Death, are your plagues?” (so NIV).
[13:14] 8 tn Heb “Where, O Sheol, is your destruction?” (NRSV similar).
[13:14] 9 tn Heb “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes” (NRSV similar; NASB “from my sight”).
[2:5] 10 tn Heb “Indeed wine betrays a proud man and he does not dwell.” The meaning of the last verb, “dwell,” is uncertain. Many take it as a denominative of the noun נָוָה (navah, “dwelling place”). In this case it would carry the idea, “he does not settle down,” and would picture the drunkard as restless (cf. NIV “never at rest”; NASB “does not stay at home”). Some relate the verb to an Arabic cognate and translate the phrase as “he will not succeed, reach his goal.”
[2:5] 11 tn Heb “who opens wide like Sheol his throat.” Here נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) is understood in a physical sense, meaning “throat,” which in turn is figurative for the appetite. See H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 11-12.
[2:5] 12 sn Sheol is the proper name of the subterranean world which was regarded as the land of the dead. In ancient Canaanite thought Death was a powerful god whose appetite was never satisfied. In the OT Sheol/Death, though not deified, is personified as greedy and as having a voracious appetite. See Prov 30:15-16; Isa 5:14; also see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 168.
[2:5] 13 tn Heb “he gathers for himself.”
[2:5] 14 tn Heb “he collects for himself.”
[2:1] 15 sn Habakkuk compares himself to a watchman stationed on the city wall who keeps his eyes open for approaching messengers or danger.
[2:1] 16 tn The word “know” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
[2:1] 17 tn Heb “concerning my correction [or, “reproof”].”
[1:1] 18 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
