¹ tn Heb “and the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him.”

¹ tn Here too the Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Benjamin.”

¹ sn Later Judaism ruled that “too small” meant fewer than ten (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 88).

³ tn The word “too” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The formula “is it too little for you” or “is it too slight a matter for you” is also found in Isa 7:13 (see GKC 430 §133.c).

¹ sn The meaning of the verse is that God will relent, but it will be too late. God now sees him with a hostile eye; when he looks for him, or looks upon him in friendliness, it will be too late.

¹ sn Too old to get married again. Naomi may be exaggerating for the sake of emphasis. Her point is clear, though: It is too late to roll back the clock.

¹ sn Disciples are to watch out. If they are too absorbed into everyday life, they will stop watching and living faithfully.

⁶ tn Here too the form is the cohortative, stressing the resolution of wisdom to reveal herself to the one who responds.

¹ tn Here too the verb will be the customary imperfect—it explains what he continually did in past time.

⁴ tn Here too the imperfect verb is customary—it describes action that was continuous, but in a past time.

³ tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

¹ tn Heb “after his falling”; NAB “could not survive his wound”; CEV “was too badly wounded to live much longer.”

¹ tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

¹ tn Here too the deictic particle (“and behold”) is added to draw attention to the sight in a vivid way.

¹ tn These too are adverbial in relation to the main clause, telling how long Moses was with Yahweh on the mountain.

² tn Here too the infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the following finite verb (either an imperfect or cohortative).

² sn How they were able to devour widows’ houses is debated. Did they seek too much for contributions, or take too high a commission for their work, or take homes after debts failed to be paid? There is too little said here to be sure.

³ sn Once again, Jesus is quite aware that Peter will deny him. Peter, however, is too nonchalant about the possibility of stumbling.

⁵ sn The text suggests that the priest went out of his way (on the other side) not to get too close to the scene.