¹ tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

³ tn The word order in Jesus’ reply is reversed from the woman’s original statement. The word “husband” in Jesus’ reply is placed in an emphatic position.

² sn A contentious woman is uncontrollable. The wind can gust at any moment; so too the contentious woman can nag or complain without warning.

¹ tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.

¹ tn Grk “and the woman,” which would be somewhat redundant in English.

¹ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskē), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

² tn Grk “a woman having a spirit of weakness” (or “a spirit of infirmity”).

² tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskē), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

² tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskē), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

² sn The following verses show that Jerusalem, personified as a woman (“she”), is the referent.

⁴ sn The woman in labor. Personified, suffering Jerusalem is the referent. See 4:9-10.

⁵ tn Heb “love a woman who is loved of a lover and is an adulteress.”

¹ tn Heb “speak to the heart of Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is personified as a woman.

¹ tn Heb “a wife of virtue”; NAB, NLT “a worthy wife.” This noble woman (אֵשֶׁת־חַיִל, ʾeshet khayil) is the subject of Prov 31. She is a “virtuous woman” (cf. KJV), a capable woman of noble character. She is contrasted with the woman who is disgraceful (מְבִישָׁה, m^evishah; “one who causes shame”) or who lowers his standing in the community.

¹ tn Heb “and the king asked the woman and she told him.”

⁴ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied by the gender of the word.

³ tn Heb “and you have laid upon me the guilt of the woman today.”

¹ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

² tn Heb “I have seen a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

¹ tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”