Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Job 27:2) | 2 tn “My judgment” would here, as before, be “my right.” God has taken this away by afflicting Job unjustly (A. B. Davidson, Job, 187). |
| (0.30) | (Job 21:19) | 6 tn The imperfect verb after the jussive carries the meaning of a purpose clause, and so taken as a final imperfect: “in order that he may be humbled.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 20:18) | 2 tn Heb “and he does not swallow.” In the context this means “consume” for his own pleasure and prosperity. The verbal clause is here taken adverbially. |
| (0.30) | (Job 18:21) | 1 tn The term is in the plural, “the tabernacles”; it should be taken as a plural of local extension (see GKC 397 §124.b). |
| (0.30) | (Job 16:9) | 1 tn The referent of these pronouns in v. 9 (“his anger…he has gnashed…his teeth…his eyes”) is best taken as God. |
| (0.30) | (Job 7:15) | 4 tn The conjunction “and” is supplied in the translation. “Death” could also be taken in apposition to “strangling,” providing the outcome of the strangling. |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:10) | 4 tn Or “substance.” The herds of livestock may be taken by metonymy of part for whole to represent possessions or prosperity in general. |
| (0.30) | (Neh 6:9) | 2 tn The statement “So now, strengthen my hands” is frequently understood as an implied prayer, but is taken differently by NAB (“But instead, I now redoubled my efforts”). |
| (0.30) | (Neh 4:17) | 1 tn The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16. |
| (0.30) | (1Ch 17:13) | 1 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 8:37) | 1 tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 6:7) | 1 tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry. |
| (0.30) | (Num 25:5) | 1 tn Heb “slay—a man his men.” The imperative is plural, and so “man” is to be taken collectively as “each of you men.” |
| (0.30) | (Num 23:9) | 3 tn The verb could also be taken as a reflexive—Israel does not consider itself as among the nations, meaning, they consider themselves to be unique. |
| (0.30) | (Num 10:6) | 2 tn The Hebrew text has “they shall blow an alarm”; the sentence without a formal subject should be taken as a passive idea. |
| (0.30) | (Num 6:2) | 3 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct followed by the cognate accusative: “to vow a vow.” This intensifies the idea that the vow is being taken carefully. |
| (0.30) | (Num 1:47) | 1 tn The vav (ו) on this word indicates a disjunction with the previous sequence of reports. It may be taken as a contrastive clause, translated “but” or “however.” |
| (0.30) | (Num 1:5) | 2 tn The preposition ל (lamed) prefixed to the name could be taken in the sense of “from,” but could also be “with regard to” (specification). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 26:32) | 2 tn This clause simply says “and their hooks gold,” but is taken as a circumstantial clause telling how the veil will be hung. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 17:2) | 3 tn In this case and in the next clause the imperfect tenses are to be taken as progressive imperfects—the action is in progress. |
