Discovery Box| (0.53290533333333) | (Joe 2:30) |
1 tn Or “in the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joe 3:4) |
3 tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joe 3:14) |
1 sn The decision referred to here is not a response on the part of the crowd, but the verdict handed out by the divine judge. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Amo 2:7) |
2 tn Heb “those who stomp on the dirt of the ground on the head of the poor.” It is possible to render the line as “they trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground,” thereby communicating that the poor are being stepped on in utter contempt (see S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], 79-80). The participial form הַשֹּׁאֲפִים (hasho’afim) is substantival and stands in apposition to the pronominal suffix on מִכְרָם (mikhram, v. 6b). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Amo 5:6) |
5 tn Heb “to/for Bethel.” The translation assumes that the preposition indicates advantage, “on behalf of.” Another option is to take the preposition as vocative, “O Bethel.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Amo 6:1) |
1 tn On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Amo 7:12) |
1 tn Traditionally, “seer.” The word is a synonym for “prophet,” though it may carry a derogatory tone on the lips of Amaziah. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Oba 1:3) |
3 tn Heb “on high (is) his dwelling”; NASB “in the loftiness of your dwelling place”; NRSV “whose dwelling (abode NAB) is in the heights.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Oba 1:19) |
7 sn Gilead is a mountainous region on the eastern side of the Jordan River in what is today the country of Jordan. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Oba 1:21) |
2 tn Heb “to judge.” In this context the term does not mean “to render judgment on,” but “to rule over” (cf. NAB “to rule”; NIV “to govern”). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Jon 1:3) |
13 tn Heb “away from the presence of the |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Jon 4:9) |
1 tn Heb “Does it burn so thoroughly to you?” or “Does it burn rightly to you?” See note on this expression in v. 4. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Nah 2:8) |
4 tn The translation takes the vav on וְהֵמָּה (vÿhemmah) in a temporal sense. This approach is also adopted by NJPS: “Now they flee.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Hab 2:1) |
1 sn Habakkuk compares himself to a watchman stationed on the city wall who keeps his eyes open for approaching messengers or danger. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Hab 2:16) |
4 sn The Lord’s right hand represents his military power. He will force the Babylonians to experience the same humiliating defeat they inflicted on others. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Hab 3:8) |
2 tn Heb “so that.” Here כִּי (ki) is resultative. See the note on the phrase “make it” in 2:18. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Zep 1:10) |
2 sn The Fish Gate was located on Jerusalem’s north side (cf. 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Zep 1:17) |
4 tn The words “will be scattered” are supplied in the translation for clarity based on the parallelism with “will be poured out” in the previous line. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Zep 3:20) |
4 tn Heb “when I restore your fortunes to your eyes.” See the note on the phrase “restore them” in 2:7. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Hag 1:9) |
3 tn Heb “and each of you runs to his own house”; NIV “is busy with”; TEV “is busy working on”; NCV “work hard for.” |
