Discovery Box| (0.52097696428571) | (Job 41:6) |
3 tn The verb means “to cut up; to divide up” in the sense of selling the dead body (see Exod 21:35). This will be between them and the merchants (כְּנַעֲנִים, kÿna’anim). |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 1:6) |
1 tn The translation understands כי as asseverative. Another option is to translate “for,” understanding v. 6 as a theological explanation for vv. 3-5, which contrasts the respective destinies of the godly and the wicked. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 35:1) |
1 sn Psalm 35. The author, who faces ruthless enemies who seek his life for no reason, begs the Lord to fight his battles for him and to vindicate him by annihilating his adversaries. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 37:12) |
2 tn Heb “and gnashes at him with his teeth” (see Ps 35:16). The language may picture the evil men as wild animals. The active participles in v. 12 are used for purposes of dramatic description. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 40:16) |
3 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 56:1) |
6 tn Heb “a fighter.” The singular is collective for his enemies (see vv. 5-6). The Qal of לָחַם (lakham, “fight”) also occurs in Ps 35:1. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 68:1) |
4 sn The wording of v. 1 echoes the prayer in Num 10:35: “Spring into action, |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 69:4) |
1 tn Heb “[with] a lie.” The Hebrew noun שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, “lie”) is used here as an adverb, “falsely, wrongfully” (see Pss 35:19; 38:19). |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 69:36) |
1 tn Heb “the lovers of his name.” The phrase refers to those who are loyal to God (cf. v. 35). See Pss 5:11; 119:132; Isa 56:6. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 69:36) |
2 sn Verses 35-36 appear to be an addition to the psalm from the time of the exile. The earlier lament reflects an individual’s situation, while these verses seem to reflect a communal application of it. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Psa 70:4) |
4 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Isa 4:5) |
3 tn Heb “indeed (or “for”) over all the glory, a canopy.” This may allude to Exod 40:34-35, where a cloud overshadows the meeting tent as it is filled with God’s glory. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Isa 24:5) |
2 sn Isa 26:21 suggests that the earth’s inhabitants defiled the earth by shedding the blood of their fellow human beings. See also Num 35:33-34, which assumes that bloodshed defiles a land. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Isa 40:5) |
1 tn Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2; 60:1; 66:18-19). |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Isa 48:21) |
1 sn The translation above (present tense) assumes that this verse describes God’s provision for returning Babylonian exiles (see v. 20; 35:6; 49:10) in terms reminiscent of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exod 17:6). |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Jer 19:11) |
2 tn The adverb “Thus” or “Like this” normally points back to something previously mentioned. See, e.g., Exod 29:35; Num 11:15; 15:11; Deut 25:9. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Jer 20:10) |
5 tn Heb “watching my stumbling [for me to stumble].” Metaphorically they were watching for some slip-up that would lead to his downfall. Compare the use in Pss 35:15 and 38:17 (38:18 HT). |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Jer 23:37) |
1 sn As noted in v. 35 the prophet is Jeremiah. The message is directed against the prophet, priest, or common people who have characterized his message as a “burden from the |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Jer 26:23) |
1 sn A standard part of international treaties at this time was a stipulation of mutual extradition of political prisoners. Jehoiakim was a vassal of Pharaoh Necho (see 2 Kgs 23:34-35) and undoubtedly had such a treaty with him. |
| (0.52097696428571) | (Jer 44:4) |
1 tn See 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom and compare 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15 for similar references to the persistent warnings of the prophets. |
