Discovery Box| (0.48963264) | (Psa 35:20) |
2 tn Heb “but against the quiet ones of the land words of deceit they plan.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 20 highlight their characteristic behavior. |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 36:11) |
1 tn Heb “let not a foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the evil ones cause me to wander as a fugitive.” |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 37:5) |
1 tn Heb “roll your way upon the |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 37:31) |
1 tn Heb “the law of his God [is] in his heart.” The “heart” is here the seat of one’s thoughts and motives. |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 41:9) |
1 tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7). |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 54:3) |
1 tc Many medieval Hebrew |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 62:8) |
1 tn To “pour out one’s heart” means to offer up to God intense, emotional lamentation and petitionary prayers (see Lam 2:19). |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 70:2) |
1 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed, the ones seeking my life.” Ps 40:14 has “together” after “ashamed,” and “to snatch it away” after “my life.” |
| (0.48963264) | (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). |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 122:1) |
3 tn Heb “in the ones saying to me.” After the verb שָׂמַח (samakh), the preposition בְּ (bet) usually introduces the reason for joy. |
| (0.48963264) | (Psa 127:1) |
1 sn Psalm 127. In this wisdom psalm the psalmist teaches that one does not find security by one’s own efforts, for God alone gives stability and security. |
| (0.48963264) | (Pro 13:12) |
3 sn Failure in realizing one’s hopes can be depressing or discouraging. People can bear frustration only so long (W. G. Plaut, Proverbs, 153). |
| (0.48963264) | (Pro 21:20) |
3 tn Heb “he swallows it.” The imagery compares swallowing food with consuming one’s substance. The fool does not prepare for the future. |
| (0.48963264) | (Pro 21:25) |
3 sn “Hands” is figurative for the whole person; but “hands” is retained in the translation because it is often the symbol to express one’s ability of action. |
| (0.48963264) | (Pro 27:1) |
1 sn The verse rules out one’s overconfident sense of ability to control the future. No one can presume on the future. |
| (0.48963264) | (Pro 29:5) |
2 tn The form is the Hiphil participle, literally “deals smoothly,” i.e., smoothing over things that should be brought to one’s attention. |
| (0.48963264) | (Isa 3:3) |
1 tn Heb “the ones lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1. |
| (0.48963264) | (Isa 11:13) |
2 tn Heb “hostile ones of Judah.” Elsewhere when the substantival participle of צָרָר (tsarar) takes a pronominal suffix or appears in a construct relationship, the following genitive is objective. (For a list of texts see BDB 865 s.v. III צָרַר) In this case the phrase “hostile ones of Judah” means “those who are hostile toward Judah,” i.e., Judah’s enemies. However, the parallel couplet that follows suggests that Judah’s hostility toward Ephraim is in view. In this case “hostile ones of Judah” means “hostile ones from Judah.” The translation above assumes the latter, giving the immediate context priority over general usage. |
| (0.48963264) | (Isa 13:3) |
1 tn Heb “my consecrated ones,” i.e., those who have been set apart by God for the special task of carrying out his judgment. |
| (0.48963264) | (Jer 51:50) |
3 tn Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life. |
