20:9 People 1 who had seen him will not see him again,
and the place where he was
will recognize him no longer.
30:6 so that they had to live 2
in the dry stream beds, 3
in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.
31:25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth,
or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
1 tn Heb “the eye that had seen him.” Here a part of the person (the eye, the instrument of vision) is put by metonymy for the entire person.
2 tn This use of the infinitive construct expresses that they were compelled to do something (see GKC 348-49 §114.h, k).
3 tn The adjectives followed by a partitive genitive take on the emphasis of a superlative: “in the most horrible of valleys” (see GKC 431 §133.h).