Discovery Box| (0.62540635714286) | (2Ch 25:28) |
3 tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval |
| (0.62540635714286) | (2Ch 28:16) |
1 tc Most Hebrew |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Ezr 3:10) |
3 sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Job 3:10) |
2 sn This use of doors for the womb forms an implied comparison; the night should have hindered conception (see Gen 20:18 and 1 Sam 1:5). |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Job 5:24) |
4 tn The word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) means “peace; safety; security; wholeness.” The same use appears in 1 Sam 25:6; 2 Sam 20:9. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Job 17:12) |
2 tn The same verb שִׂים (sim, “set”) is used this way in Isa 5:20: “…who change darkness into light.” |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Job 19:10) |
2 tn The text has הָלַךְ (halakh, “to leave”). But in view of Job 14:20, “perish” or “depart” would be a better meaning here. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Job 30:21) |
1 tn The idiom uses the Niphal verb “you are turned” with “to cruelty.” See Job 41:20b, as well as Isa 63:10. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Psa 11:5) |
1 tn Heb “examines,” the same verb used in v. 4b. But here it is used in a metonymic sense of “examine and approve” (see Jer 20:12). |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Psa 35:20) |
2 tn Heb “but against the quiet ones of the land words of deceit they plan.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 20 highlight their characteristic behavior. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Psa 37:22) |
2 tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Psa 66:11) |
1 tn Heb “you brought us into a net.” This rare word for “net” also occurs in Ezek 12:13; 13:21; 17:20. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Psa 68:25) |
2 sn To celebrate a military victory, women would play tambourines (see Exod 15:20; Judg 11:34; 1 Sam 18:6). |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Psa 116:9) |
1 tn Heb “walk before” (see Ps 56:13). On the meaning of the Hebrew idiom, see the notes at 2 Kgs 20:3/Isa 38:3. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Pro 2:16) |
5 sn For descriptions of seductive speech, see Prov 5:3 where it is compared to olive oil, and 7:14-20 where such speech is recorded. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Pro 4:13) |
2 tn The form נִצְּרֶהָ (nitsÿreha, from נָצַר, natsar) has an anomalous doubled letter (see GKC 73 §20.h). |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Pro 6:29) |
4 sn The verb “touches” is intended here to be a euphemism for illegal sexual contact (e.g., Gen 20:6). |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Pro 20:26) |
2 tn The king has the wisdom/ability to destroy evil from his kingdom. See also D. W. Thomas, “Proverbs 20:26,” JTS 15 (1964): 155-56. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Isa 38:20) |
3 sn Note that vv. 21-22 have been placed between vv. 6-7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8. |
| (0.62540635714286) | (Isa 44:23) |
2 tn Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20. |
