² tn Heb “and you give to them their food in its season” (see Ps 104:27).

¹ sn Servants look to their master for food, shelter, and other basic needs.

¹ sn The lions’ roaring is viewed as a request for food from God.

¹ tn Heb “a tasteless thing”; the word “food” is supplied from the context.

³ tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”

² tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

⁴ tn The Hebrew term may refer to “food” in a more general sense (cf. CEV).

² tn The words “different food” are implied, and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “which is food for you” or “which is for you to eat.”

³ tn The word translated “delicacies” refers to foods that were delightful, the kind fit for a king.

¹ tn The word “food” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.

² tn Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.

¹ tn Heb “every moving thing that lives for you will be for food.”

⁶ sn Not only would going and buying food have been expensive and awkward at this late time of day, it would have taken quite a logistical effort to get the food back out to this isolated location.

¹ tn Heb “bread.” In light of its parallelism with אֹכֶל (ʾokhel, “food”) in the following line, it is possible that לֶחֶם (lekhem, “bread”) is used in its broader sense of food or nourishment.

¹ tn Heb “bread of deceit” (so KJV, NAB). This refers to food gained through dishonest means. The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific for general, referring to anything obtained by fraud, including food.

¹ tn The verse is difficult, making some suspect that a line has dropped out. The little birds in the nest hardly go wandering about looking for food. Dhorme suggests “and stagger for lack of food.”

¹ tn Grk “about that for which”; the referent (the food) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn This included both food and drink (γεύομαι [geuomai] is used of water turned to wine in John 2:9).