¹ tn Heb “man against man, and a man against his neighbor.”

¹ tn Heb “his neighbor” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “his friend.”

¹ tn Heb “his neighbor,” used idiomatically to refer to another person.

¹ tn Heb “the slayer who slew his neighbor without knowledge.”

² tn Or “neighbor” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); TEV, NLT “another person.”

³ tn Heb “has extorted his neighbor”; ASV “oppressed”; NRSV “defrauded.”

² tn Heb “and they trembled, a man to his neighbor.”

¹ sn According to Proverbs (and the Bible as a whole) how one treats a neighbor is an important part of righteousness. One was expected to be a good neighbor, and to protect and safeguard the life and reputation of a neighbor.

¹ tn Heb “and they grabbed each one the head of his neighbor with his sword in the side of his neighbor and they fell together.”

³ sn Here neighbor refers to Egyptian neighbors, who are glad to see them go (12:33) and so willingly give their jewelry and vessels.

¹ tn Heb “each his neighbor helps”; NCV “The workers help each other.”

¹ tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”

¹ tn Heb “you have made us an object of contention to our neighbors.”

¹ tn Heb “Go, ask for containers from outside, from all your neighbors, empty containers.”

¹ tn Heb “You shall not oppress your neighbor and you shall not rob.”

² tn Or “neighbor” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NASB “companion”; TEV “a fellow-Israelite.”

⁴ tn Heb “for we will be hidden, each man from his neighbor.”

² tn Heb “they will not hear, a man the lip of his neighbor.”

³ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215). It occurs before “neighbors” as well (“his friends and his neighbors”) but has not been translated the second time because of English style.

¹ tn Heb “your neighbor.” Clearly this is intended generically, however, and not to be limited only to those persons who live nearby (frequently the way “neighbor” is understood in contemporary contexts). So also in v. 20.