Discovery Box| (0.67635514705882) | (Eze 33:24) |
1 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Eze 34:26) |
1 tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Dan 3:1) |
4 tn Aram “sixty cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, the image would be 90 feet (27.4 m) high. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Joe 1:4) |
1 tn Heb “eaten.” This verb is repeated three times in v. 4 to emphasize the total devastation of the crops by this locust invasion. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Joe 2:19) |
3 tc One of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXIIc) inserts “and you will eat” before “and you will be fully satisfied” (the reading of the MT, LXX). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Joe 2:28) |
1 sn Beginning with 2:28, the verse numbers through 3:21 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:28 ET = 3:1 HT, 2:29 ET = 3:2 HT, 2:30 ET = 3:3 HT, 2:31 ET = 3:4 HT, 2:32 ET = 3:5 HT, 3:1 ET = 4:1 HT, etc., through 3:21 ET = 4:21 HT. Thus Joel in the Hebrew Bible has 4 chapters, the 5 verses of ch. 3 being included at the end of ch. 2 in the English Bible. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Joe 3:1) |
1 sn Joel 3:1 in the English Bible is 4:1 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note at 2:28. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Amo 5:12) |
3 tn Or “transgressions,” “sins.” See the note on the word “crimes” in 1:3 and on the phrase “covenant violations” in 2:4. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Jon 3:7) |
1 tn Contrary to many modern English versions, the present translation understands the king’s proclamation to begin after the phrase “and he said” (rather than after “in Nineveh”), as do quotations in 1:14; 2:2, 4; 4:2, 8, 9. In Jonah where the quotation does not begin immediately after “said” (אָמַר, ’amar), it is only the speaker or addressee or both that come between “said” and the start of the quotation (1:6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 4:4, 9, 10; cf. 1:1; 3:1). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (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. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mic 5:1) |
3 sn The daughter surrounded by soldiers is an image of the city of Jerusalem under siege (note the address “Daughter Jerusalem” in 4:8). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mic 5:2) |
1 sn Ephrathah is either an alternate name for Bethlehem or the name of the district in which Bethlehem was located. See Ruth 4:11. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mic 5:2) |
1 map For location of Bethlehem see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mic 5:3) |
5 sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Nah 3:3) |
1 tn Heb “a horseman.” Although the Hebrew term פָּרָס (paras, alternately spelled פָּרָשׂ [paras] here) could denote “horse” (1 Sam 8:11; Joel 2:4; Hab 1:8; Jer 46:4), the Hiphil participle מַעֲלֶה (ma’aleh, “cause to charge”) – the subject of which is פָּרָס – suggests that פָּרָס refers here to “horsemen” charging their horses (2 Sam 1:6; 1 Kgs 20:20; Jer 4:29; 46:4). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Zep 1:17) |
1 tn “The people” refers to mankind in general (see vv. 2-3) or more specifically to the residents of Judah (see vv. 4-13). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Zec 3:9) |
2 sn The seven eyes are symbolic of divine omniscience and universal dominion (cf. Zech 1:10; 4:10; 2 Chr 16:9). |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mat 2:23) |
1 map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mat 4:5) |
1 sn The order of the second and third temptations differs in Luke’s account (4:5-12) from the order given in Matthew. |
| (0.67635514705882) | (Mat 4:13) |
1 map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3. |
