21:7 The violence 1 done by the wicked 2 will drag them away
because 3 they refuse to do what is right. 4
30:32 If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself 5
or if you have planned evil,
put 6 your hand over your mouth!
1 tn The “violence” (שֹׁד, shod) drags away the wicked, probably either to do more sin or to their punishment. “Violence” here is either personified, or it is a metonymy of cause, meaning “the outcome of their violence” drags them away.
2 tn Heb “violence of the wicked.” This is a subjective genitive: “violence which the wicked do.”
3 tn The second colon of the verse is the causal clause, explaining why they are dragged away. They are not passive victims of their circumstances or their crimes. They choose to persist in their violence and so it destroys them.
4 tn Heb “they refuse to do justice” (so ASV); NASB “refuse to act with justice.”
5 tn The construction has the בְּ (bet) preposition with the Hitpael infinitive construct, forming a temporal clause. This clause explains the way in which the person has acted foolishly.
6 tn Heb “hand to mouth.” This express means “put your hand to your mouth” (e.g., Job 40:4, 5); cf. NIV “clap your hand over.”