² tn Or “must bear its guilt” (NIV similar); cf. NLT “must bear the consequences of their guilt,” CEV “will be punished.”

¹ tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

¹ sn The Greek term builds (himself) up does not necessarily bear positive connotations in this context.

⁴ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

⁵ tn Heb “name.” Here the “name” is figurative for the memory of those who bear it.

¹ tn Heb “he is to me [like] a bear lying in wait.”

² tn Heb “bears wisdom.” The verb נוּב (nuv) means “to bear fruit.” It is used figuratively of the righteous; they produce wisdom and righteousness. The term חָכְמָה (khokhmah, “wisdom”) represents the “fruit” that the righteous bear: “they bear the fruit of wisdom” (BDB 626 s.v.).

³ tn Heb “[as for] wealth, when it bears fruit, do not set [your] heart [on it].”

¹ tn Heb “lift up,” perhaps in the sense of “bear with” (cf. NRSV “forgive”).

³ tn Or “bear the Messiah’s”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁷ tn Heb “endure.” The MT and LXX read, “endure,” while one of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXII^c) has, “bear.”

¹ tn Heb “and the sins of your idols you will bear.” By extension it can mean the punishment for the sins.

² tn Heb “great is my punishment from bearing.” The preposition מִן (min, “from”) is used here in a comparative sense.

² tn Grk “the beloved.” The term ἠγαπημένῳ (ēgapēmenō) means “beloved,” but often bears connotations of “only beloved” in an exclusive sense. “His dearly loved Son” picks up this connotation.

³ tn The words “to bear” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.

¹ tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…of repentance to Judeans and Hellenes Ac 20:21.”

⁴ tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “testify of, bear witness to solemnly (orig. under oath)…W. acc. and inf. foll. Ac 18:5.”

³ tn Grk “in him, this one bears much fruit.” The pronoun “this one” has been omitted from the translation because it is redundant according to contemporary English style.

⁴ sn Given the pressures noted in the previous soils, bearing fruit takes time (steadfast endurance), just as it does for the farmer. See Jas 1:2-4.

³ tn Heb “because I bear the reproach of my youth.” For the plural referents see the note at the beginning of v. 18.