Discovery Box| (0.56005691304348) | (2Ch 31:21) |
1 tn Heb “and in all the work which he began with regard to the service of the house of God and with respect to the law and with respect to the commandment, to seek his God; with all his heart he acted and he succeeded.” |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 1:11) |
3 sn The formula used in the expression is the oath formula: “if not to your face he will curse you” meaning “he will surely curse you to your face.” Satan is so sure that the piety is insincere that he can use an oath formula. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 5:8) |
1 sn Eliphaz affirms that if he were in Job’s place he would take refuge in God, but Job has to acknowledge that he has offended God and accept this suffering as his chastisement. Job eventually will submit to God in the end, but not in the way that Eliphaz advises here, for Job does not agree that the sufferings are judgments from God. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 6:10) |
6 sn The “words” are the divine decrees of God’s providence, the decisions that he makes in his dealings with people. Job cannot conceal these – he knows what they are. What Job seems to mean by this clause in this verse is that there is nothing that would hinder his joy of dying for he has not denied or disobeyed God’s plan. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 6:12) |
1 sn The questions imply negative answers. Job is saying that it would take great strength to hold up under these afflictions, but he is only flesh and bone. The sufferings have almost completely overwhelmed him. To endure all of this to the end he would need a strength he does not have. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 6:22) |
2 sn For the next two verses Job lashes out in sarcasm against his friends. If he had asked for charity, for their wealth, he might have expected their cold response. But all he wanted was sympathy and understanding (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 63). |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 7:6) |
1 sn The first five verses described the painfulness of his malady, his life; now, in vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">6-10 he will focus on the brevity of his life, and its extinction with death. He introduces the subject with “my days,” a metonymy for his whole life and everything done on those days. He does not mean individual days – they drag on endlessly. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 15:22) |
1 sn The meaning of this line is somewhat in question. H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 111) thinks it could mean that he is afraid he will not wake up from the night, or he dreads misfortune, thinking it will be final for him. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 16:15) |
1 sn The language is hyperbolic; Job is saying that the sackcloth he has put on in his lamentable state is now stuck to his skin as if he had stitched it into the skin. It is now a habitual garment that he never takes off. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 23:6) |
2 tn The verbal clause יָשִׂם בִּי (yasim bi) has been translated “he would pay [attention] to me.” Job is saying that God will not need all his power – he will just have pay attention to Job’s complaint. Job does not need the display of power – he just wants a hearing. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Job 30:24) |
2 tc The second colon is also difficult; it reads, “if in his destruction to them he cries.” E. Dhorme (Job, 425-26) explains how he thinks “to them” came about, and he restores “to me.” This is the major difficulty in the line, and Dhorme’s suggestion is the simplest resolution. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Psa 3:1) |
1 sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">7-8). |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Psa 18:50) |
6 sn If David is the author of the psalm (see the superscription), then he here anticipates that God will continue to demonstrate loyalty to his descendants who succeed him. If the author is a later Davidic king, then he views the divine favor he has experienced as the outworking of God’s faithful promises to David his ancestor. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Psa 74:1) |
3 sn The psalmist does not really believe God has permanently rejected his people or he would not pray as he does in this psalm. But this initial question reflects his emotional response to what he sees and is overstated for the sake of emphasis. The severity of divine judgment gives the appearance that God has permanently abandoned his people. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Psa 77:13) |
1 sn Verses he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">13-20 are the content of the psalmist’s reflection (see vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">11-12). As he thought about God’s work in Israel’s past, he reached the place where he could confidently cry out for God’s help (see v. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">1). |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Pro 6:31) |
4 tn This final clause in the section is somewhat cryptic. The guilty thief must pay back sevenfold what he stole, even if it means he must use the substance of his whole house. The verb functions as an imperfect of possibility: “he might even give.” |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Pro 14:6) |
1 sn The “scorner” (לֵץ, lets) is intellectually arrogant; he lacks any serious interest in knowledge or religion. He pursues wisdom in a superficial way so that he can appear wise. The acquisition of wisdom is conditioned by one’s attitude toward it (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 149). |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Pro 28:16) |
2 tc This follows the Qere reading of the participle which is singular (as opposed to the plural). The implication is that this one is also a ruler, paralleling the first half. But since he “hates” (= rejects) unjust gain he will extend [his] days, meaning he will enjoy a long and happy life (cf. NIV, NRSV, CEV). |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Pro 30:2) |
3 tn Heb “than man.” The verse is using hyperbole; this individual feels as if he has no intelligence at all, that he is more brutish than any other human. Of course this is not true, or he would not be able to speculate on the God of the universe at all. |
| (0.56005691304348) | (Pro 31:23) |
3 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct with the preposition and a pronominal suffix that serves as the subject (subjective genitive) to form a temporal clause. The fact that he “sits with the elders” means he is one of the elders; he sits as a judge among the people. |
