13:11 Would not his splendor 1 terrify 2 you
and the fear he inspires 3 fall on you?
37:6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall 4 to earth,’
and to the torrential rains, 5 ‘Pour down.’ 6
1 sn The word translated “his majesty” or “his splendor” (שְׂאֵתוֹ, sÿ’eto) forms a play on the word “show partiality” (תִּשָּׂאוּן, tissa’un) in the last verse. They are both from the verb נָשַׂא (nasa’, “to lift up”).
2 tn On this verb in the Piel, see 7:14.
3 tn Heb “His dread”; the suffix is a subjective genitive.
4 tn The verb actually means “be” (found here in the Aramaic form). The verb “to be” can mean “to happen, to fall, to come about.”
5 tn Heb “and [to the] shower of rain and shower of rains, be strong.” Many think the repetition grew up by variant readings; several Hebrew
6 tn Heb “Be strong.”