Discovery Box| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 26:4) |
2 sn The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 26:8) |
1 tn The translation “like tying a stone in a sling” seems to make the most sense, even though the word for “sling” occurs only here. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 27:16) |
1 tn The participle and verb both are from the root צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”). This combination could be translated “hiding her is [like] hiding the wind.” |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 28:3) |
2 tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 29:25) |
3 sn “Snare” is an implied comparison; fearing people is like being in a trap – there is no freedom of movement or sense of security. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 30:5) |
2 tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 30:14) |
1 tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 30:28) |
1 sn The point of this saying is that a weak creature like a lizard, that is so easily caught, cannot be prevented from getting into the most significant places. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Pro 31:10) |
5 sn This line expresses that her value (Heb “her price”), like wisdom, is worth more than rubies (e.g., 3:15; 8:11). |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Ecc 1:14) |
6 tn Heb “striving of wind.” The word “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text; it has been added in the translation to make the comparative notion clear. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Ecc 8:13) |
3 tn The phrase “like a shadow” (כַּצֵּל, katsel) modifies the verb (“prolong”) rather than the noun (“days”). Several English versions misconstrue the line: “he will not prolong his days, [which are] like a shadow” (KJV, ASV); “the man who does not fear God is like a shadow” (NEB); and “he will not prolong his shadowy days” (NAB). It should be rendered “he will not prolong his days like a shadow” (RSV, NRSV, NASB, MLB, NIV). Unlike a shadow that lengthens at sunset, the wicked do not normally live long. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 1:18) |
5 tn Heb “though your sins are like red, they will become white like snow; though they are red like scarlet, they will be like wool.” The point is not that the sins will be covered up, though still retained. The metaphorical language must be allowed some flexibility and should not be pressed into a rigid literalistic mold. The people’s sins will be removed and replaced by ethical purity. The sins that are now as obvious as the color red will be washed away and the ones who are sinful will be transformed. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 10:14) |
1 sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 22:18) |
1 tn Heb “and he will tightly [or “surely”] wind you [with] winding like a ball, to a land broad of hands [i.e., “sides”].” |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 30:14) |
1 tn Heb “Its shattering is like the shattering of a jug of [i.e., “made by”] potters, [so] shattered one cannot save [any of it].” |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 42:1) |
3 sn Like the ideal king portrayed in Isa 11:1-9, the servant is energized by the divine spirit and establishes justice on the earth. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 45:9) |
5 tn Heb “your work, there are no hands for it,” i.e., “your work looks like something made by a person who has no hands.” |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Isa 48:18) |
3 tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19. |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Jer 3:2) |
3 tn Heb “You sat for them [the lovers, i.e., the foreign gods] beside the road like an Arab in the desert.” |
| (0.44699388571429) | (Jer 4:13) |
2 tn Heb “his chariots [are] like a whirlwind.” The words “roar” and “sound” are supplied in the translation to clarify the significance of the simile. |
