² tn Heb “And we may seek him with you.” The vav-conjunctive on וּנְבַקְשֶׁנּוּ (un^evaq^eshennu, “and we may seek him with you”) denotes purpose/result.

² sn The participle מְבַקֵּשׁ (m^evaqqesh) means “seeks” in the sense of seeking to secure or procure or promote love. There can be no friendship without such understanding and discretion.

² tn The verb שָׁחַר (shakhar) in the Piel has been translated “to seek early in the morning” because of the possible link with the word “dawn.” But the verb more properly means “to seek diligently” (by implication).

² tn Heb “for me to seek.” The precise meaning of בָּקַר (baqar), “seek,” is uncertain in this context. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189.

¹ sn Seeking heavenly treasure means serving others and honoring God by doing so; see Luke 6:35-36.

¹ sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond.

² tn Grk “seeking from him.” The participle ζητοῦντες (zētountes) shows the means by which the Pharisees argued with Jesus.

¹ tn Heb “seek the Lord,” but “favor” seems to be implied from the final line of the verse.

⁴ tn Heb “who were seeking my life, saying…” The sentence is broken up in conformity with contemporary English style.

¹ tn Heb “darkness,” which may indicate a place of hiding where a fugitive would seek shelter and protection.

⁵ tc The LXX has an addition: “Forsake folly, that you may reign forever; and seek discretion and direct understanding in knowledge.”

² tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).

¹ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”

⁴ tn Heb “you work [your favor] for the ones seeking shelter in you before the sons of men.”

³ tn The verb תִּתְחַנָּן (titkhannan) means “to make supplication; to seek favor; to seek grace” (from חָנַן, khanan). Bildad is saying that there is only one way for Job to escape the same fate as his children—he must implore God’s mercy. Job’s speech had spoken about God’s seeking him and not finding him, but Bildad is speaking of the importance of Job’s seeking God.

¹ tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”

¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “by all means.”

¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “be sure.”

¹ tn Heb “will seek from him”; NAB “I myself will make him answer for it”; NRSV “will hold accountable.”

¹ tn Heb “seeks.” The statement reflects the ancient belief that God (Baal in Canaanite thinking) directly controlled storms and rainfall.