Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Isa 51:6) | 1 tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 48:16) | 2 sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 45:11) | 4 tn Heb “Do you command me about…?” The rhetorical question sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 42:15) | 3 sn The imagery of this verse, which depicts the Lord bringing a curse of infertility to the earth, metaphorically describes how the Lord will destroy his enemies. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 40:31) | 1 tn The word “help” in the phrase “for the Lord’s help” is supplied in the translation for clarification, as is the possessive on “Lord.” |
| (0.42) | (Isa 40:13) | 2 tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v. 6). |
| (0.42) | (Isa 40:10) | 2 tn Heb “his arm rules for him” (so NIV, NRSV). The Lord’s “arm” symbolizes his military power (see Isa 51:9-10; 63:5). |
| (0.42) | (Isa 37:26) | 2 tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s amazement that anyone might be ignorant of what he is about to say. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 28:21) | 2 sn This probably alludes to the Lord’s victory over the Canaanites at Gibeon, during the days of Joshua. See Josh 10:10-11. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 22:5) | 2 tn Heb “For [there is] a day of panic, and trampling, and confusion for the master, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies [traditionally, “the Lord of hosts”].” |
| (0.42) | (Isa 19:20) | 2 tn Heb “a sign and a witness to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies [traditionally, “the Lord of hosts”] in the land of Egypt.” |
| (0.42) | (Isa 12:4) | 3 tn Heb “bring to remembrance that his name is exalted.” The Lord’s “name” stands here for his character and reputation. |
| (0.42) | (Isa 3:15) | 2 tn Heb Traditionally, the “Lord of hosts.” On the title “the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,” see the note at 1:9. |
| (0.42) | (Pro 11:20) | 1 tn Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”) functions as a subjective genitive. Cf. NIV “detests”; NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT “hates.” |
| (0.42) | (Pro 10:29) | 1 sn The “way of the Lord” is an idiom for God’s providential administration of life; it is what the Lord does (“way” being a hypocatastasis). |
| (0.42) | (Pro 2:5) | 2 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” The noun is an objective genitive; the Lord is to be the object of fear and reverence. |
| (0.42) | (Pro 1:29) | 3 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” The noun is an objective genitive; the Lord is to be the object of fear. See note on 1:7. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 119:57) | 1 tn Heb “my portion [is] the Lord.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel (see Ps 16:5). |
| (0.42) | (Psa 99:1) | 1 sn Psalm 99. The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s just rule and recalls how he revealed himself to Israel’s leaders. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 91:14) | 1 tn The words “the Lord says” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the words which follow are the Lord’s oracle of assurance. |
