Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Mic 3:11) | 4 tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!” |
| (0.35) | (Mic 1:5) | 6 tn Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, represents the nation’s behavior. The rhetorical question expects an affirmative answer. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 6:20) | 1 tn Heb “To what purpose is it to me?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 5:31) | 2 tn Heb “But what will you do at its end?” The rhetorical question implies a negative answer: “Nothing!” |
| (0.35) | (Jer 5:3) | 1 tn Heb “O Lord, are your eyes not to faithfulness?” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 4:30) | 2 tn Heb “What are you accomplishing…?” The rhetorical question assumes a negative answer, made clear by the translation in the indicative. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 3:1) | 1 tn Heb “May he go back to her again?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 2:17) | 1 tn Heb “Are you not bringing this on yourself.” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer. |
| (0.35) | (Isa 36:19) | 1 tn The rhetorical questions suggest the answer, “Nowhere. They seem to have disappeared in the face of Assyria’s might.” |
| (0.35) | (Isa 36:12) | 2 tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.” |
| (0.35) | (Isa 29:15) | 3 tn The rhetorical questions suggest the answer: “No one.” They are confident that their deeds are hidden from others, including God. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 94:16) | 2 sn Who will stand up for me…? The questions anticipate the answer, “No one except God” (see v. 17). |
| (0.35) | (Psa 69:13) | 2 tn Heb “O God, in the abundance of your loyal love, answer me in the faithfulness of your deliverance.” |
| (0.35) | (Psa 56:11) | 2 tn The rhetorical question assumes the answer, “Nothing!” The imperfect is used in a modal sense here, indicating capability or potential. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 56:4) | 3 tn The rhetorical question assumes the answer, “Nothing!” The imperfect is used in a modal sense here, indicating capability or potential. |
| (0.35) | (Job 14:15) | 2 tn The independent personal pronoun is emphatic, as if to say, “and I on my part will answer.” |
| (0.35) | (Job 9:16) | 2 tn The Hiphil imperfect in the apodosis of this conditional sentence expresses what would (not) happen if God answered the summons. |
| (0.35) | (Est 5:7) | 1 tn Heb “answered and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation. |
| (0.35) | (2Ki 18:27) | 2 tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.” |
| (0.35) | (2Ki 4:13) | 3 tn Heb “Among my people I am living.” This answer suggests that she has security within the context of her family. |
