Discovery Box| (0.58033045454545) | (Pro 1:29) |
2 tn Heb “knowledge.” The noun דָעַת (da’at, “knowledge”) refers to moral knowledge. See note on 1:7. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Pro 1:29) |
3 tn Heb “the fear of the |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Pro 8:14) |
1 sn In vv. 14-17 the pronouns come first and should receive greater prominence – although it is not always easy to do this with English. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Pro 13:22) |
4 sn In the ultimate justice of God, the wealth of the wicked goes to the righteous after death (e.g., Ps 49:10, 17). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Pro 16:33) |
1 sn The proverb concerns the practice of seeking divine leading through casting lots. For a similar lesson, see Amenemope (18, 19:16-17, in ANET 423). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Pro 22:29) |
3 sn The fifth saying affirms that true skill earns recognition and advancement (cf. Instruction of Amenemope, chap. 30, 27:16-17 [ANET 424]). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Isa 37:18) |
1 tn The Hebrew text here has “all the lands,” but the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:17 has “the nations.” |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Jer 16:16) |
2 sn The picture of rounding up the population for destruction and exile is also seen in Amos 4:2 and Hab 1:14-17. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Jer 17:10) |
1 sn For an earlier reference to this motif see Jer 11:20. For a later reference see Jer 20:12. See also Ps 17:2-3. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Jer 33:6) |
2 sn Compare Jer 30:17. Jerusalem is again being personified and her political and spiritual well-being are again in view. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Jer 38:17) |
1 tn Heb “Yahweh, the God of armies, the God of Israel.” Compare 7:3 and 35:17 and see the study note on 2:19. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Jer 38:20) |
2 tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Compare v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Jer 50:13) |
2 sn Compare Jer 49:17 and the study note there and see also the study notes on 18:16 and 19:8. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Lam 2:13) |
6 sn The rhetorical question implies a denial: “No one can heal you!” The following verses, 14-17, present four potential healers – prophets, passersby, enemies, and God. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Eze 12:6) |
1 tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17 in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Eze 16:8) |
2 tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Eze 21:7) |
2 sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Eze 21:23) |
2 sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Eze 22:11) |
3 sn Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Eze 22:12) |
1 tn Heb “usury and interest you take.” See 18:13, 17. This kind of economic exploitation violated the law given in Lev 25:36. |
