Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Pro 10:7) | 3 tn The editors of BHS suggest a reading “will be cursed” to make a better parallelism, but the reading of the MT is more striking as a metaphor. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 9:9) | 3 tn The Hiphil verb normally means “to cause to know, make known,” but here the context suggests “to teach” (so many English versions). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 6:31) | 3 tn The imperfect tense has an obligatory nuance. The verb in the Piel means “to repay; to make restitution; to recompense”; cf. NCV, TEV, CEV “must pay back.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 2:2) | 1 tn The Hiphil infinitive construct לְהַקְשִׁיב (lehaqshiv, “by making attentive”) functions as an epexegetical explanation of how one will receive the instruction. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 135:18) | 1 tn Heb “will be.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a prayer, “may those who make them end up like them.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 115:8) | 1 tn Heb “will be.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a prayer, “may those who make them end up like them.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 105:8) | 1 tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 89:5) | 1 tn As the following context makes clear, the personified “heavens” here stand by metonymy for the angelic beings that surround God’s heavenly throne. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 69:26) | 3 tn Heb “they announce the pain of your wounded ones” (i.e., “the ones whom you wounded,” as the parallel line makes clear). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 68:26) | 1 tn Heb “from the fountain of Israel,” which makes little, if any, sense here. The translation assumes an emendation to בְּמִקְרָאֵי (bemiqraʾe, “in the assemblies of [Israel]”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 68:22) | 1 tn That is, the enemies mentioned in v. 21. Even if they retreat to distant regions, God will retrieve them and make them taste his judgment. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 62:4) | 5 sn The enemies use deceit to bring down their victim. They make him think they are his friends by pronouncing blessings upon him, but inwardly they desire his demise. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 50:5) | 3 tn Heb “the cutters of my covenant according to sacrifice.” A sacrifice accompanied the covenant-making ceremony and formally ratified the agreement (see Exod 24:3-8). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 36:7) | 2 tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 26:4) | 2 tn Heb “go.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 26:5) | 2 tn Heb “sit.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 18:32) | 3 sn Gives me strength. As the following context makes clear, this refers to physical and emotional strength for battle (see especially v. 39). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 4:7) | 1 tn Heb “you place joy in my heart.” Another option is to understand the perfect verbal form as indicating certitude, “you will make me happier.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 38:34) | 1 tc The LXX has “answer you,” and some editors have adopted this. However, the reading of the MT makes better sense in the verse. |
| (0.30) | (Job 38:9) | 1 tn The temporal clause here uses the infinitive from שִׂים (sim, “to place; to put; to make”). It underscores the sovereign placing of things. |
