21:18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, 4
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn In the Hebrew text the infinitive absolute before the finite verb emphasizes the statement. The imperfect has an obligatory nuance here. Cf. ASV “shalt (must NRSV) utterly destroy them”; CEV “must destroy them without mercy.”
3 tn Heb “covenant” (so NASB, NRSV); TEV “alliance.”
4 tn Heb “and he does not listen to them.”
5 tc The LXX reads “that he is the