Discovery Box| (0.63684625) | (Job 16:18) |
2 tn The word is simply “a place,” but in the context it surely means a hidden place, a secret place that would never be discovered (see 18:21). |
| (0.63684625) | (Job 18:1) |
1 sn Bildad attacks Job with less subtlety than Eliphaz. He describes the miserable existence of the wicked, indicating that it is the proof of sin. His speech falls into two main parts: why is Job so contemptuous toward his friends (Job 18:2-4), and the fate of the wicked (18:5-21). On this chapter see N. M. Sarna, “The Mythological Background of Job 18,” JBL 82 (1963): 315-18; and W. A. Irwin, “Job’s Redeemer,” JBL 81 (1962): 217-29. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 7:9) |
5 tn For other uses of the verb in this sense, see Job 7:18; Pss 11:4; 26:2; 139:23. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 11:4) |
6 tn For other uses of the verb in this sense, see Job 7:18; Pss 7:9; 26:2; 139:23. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 18:15) |
2 tc Ps 18:15 reads “water” (cf. Ps 42:1); “sea” is the reading of 2 Sam 22:16. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 22:12) |
2 sn Bashan, located east of the Jordan River, was well-known for its cattle. See Ezek 39:18; Amos 4:1. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 28:1) |
2 tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 44:14) |
3 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15). |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 51:19) |
3 sn Verses 18-19 appear to reflect the exilic period, when the city’s walls lay in ruins and the sacrificial system had been disrupted. |
| (0.63684625) | (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). |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 72:2) |
2 sn These people are called God’s oppressed ones because he is their defender (see Pss 9:12, 18; 10:12; 12:5). |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 102:19) |
2 tn The perfect verbal forms in v. 19 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 18. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 103:3) |
1 tn This relatively rare noun refers to deadly diseases (see Deut 29:22; Jer 14:18; 16:4; 2 Chr 21:19). |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 118:15) |
2 tn Heb “does valiantly.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 108:13). |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 135:4) |
2 sn His special possession. The language echoes Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18. See also Mal 3:17. |
| (0.63684625) | (Psa 144:1) |
2 tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The |
| (0.63684625) | (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). |
| (0.63684625) | (Pro 29:1) |
3 sn The stubborn person refuses to listen; he will suddenly be destroyed when the calamity strikes (e.g., Prov 6:15; 13:18; 15:10). |
| (0.63684625) | (Isa 10:33) |
1 sn As in vv. 12 (see the note there) and 18, the Assyrians are compared to a tree/forest in vv. 33-34. |
| (0.63684625) | (Isa 45:14) |
7 tn Heb “there is no other” (so NIV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs at the end of v. 18, in v. 21, and at the end of v. 22. |
