¹ tn Heb “Out of them will come thanksgiving and a sound of those who are playful.”

¹ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “a sound, a roar, [is] on the mountains, like many people.”

¹ tn Heb “there is not in it health”; NAB “there is no sound spot.”

⁶ sn The similar sounding terms שֵׁם (shem, “name”) and שֶׁמֶן (shemen, “perfume”) create a wordplay (paronomasia).

² tn Heb “to return true words”; NAB “a dependable report”; NIV “sound answers.”

¹ tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.”

¹ tn Heb “from your shout they fled, from the sound of your thunder they hurried off.”

² tn Heb “Shout to God with [the] sound of a ringing cry!”

² tn Heb “there is no soundness in my flesh” (see v. 3).

¹ tn Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”

¹ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (yaʿbets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (ʿotsev) which means “pain.”

⁷ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

¹ tn Heb “for [there is] the sound of the roar of the rain.”

³ sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).

³ sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).

¹ tn The Hebrew word אֱלִילִים (ʾelilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (ʾelohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement. Many modern English translations render this term as “idols” here.

² tn This verb, σωφρονίζω (sōphronizō), denotes teaching in the sense of bringing people to their senses, showing what sound thinking is.

¹ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

¹ tn Heb “the sound of ram’s horns.” But the modern equivalent is “bugles” and is more readily understandable.