Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Hab 1:5) | 4 tn Heb “you will not believe when it is told.” In this context the force of כִּי (ki) may be “when,” “if,” or “even though.” |
| (0.38) | (Mic 7:19) | 1 tn The interrogative force of the previous verse is continued here, part of a list of attributes reinforcing the question, “Who is like God?” |
| (0.38) | (Jer 50:41) | 1 sn A mighty nation and many kings is an allusion to the Medo-Persian empire and the vassal kings who provided forces for the Medo-Persian armies. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 48:2) | 5 tn Heb “A sword will follow after you.” The sword is again figurative of destructive forces, here the army of the Babylonians. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 37:11) | 2 tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 37:9) | 1 tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 37:8) | 1 tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 37:5) | 1 tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 35:13) | 5 tn Heb “Will you not learn a lesson…?” The rhetorical question here has the force, made explicit in the translation, of an imperative. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 45:9) | 4 tn The words “in the world” are supplied in the translation to approximate in English idiom the force of the sarcastic question. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 26:3) | 1 sn A fool must be disciplined by force like an animal—there is no reasoning. The fool is as difficult to manage as the donkey or horse. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 6:9) | 1 sn The use of the two rhetorical questions is designed to rebuke the lazy person in a forceful manner. The sluggard is spending too much time sleeping. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 111:8) | 1 tn Heb “done in faithfulness and uprightness.” The passive participle probably has the force of a gerund. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 89. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 93:1) | 1 sn Psalm 93. The psalmist affirms that the Lord is the king of the universe who preserves order and suppresses the destructive forces in the world. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 55:5) | 2 tn Heb “covers.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the preceding imperfect. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 55:6) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 34:7) | 3 tn The prefixed verb with vav (ו) consecutive here carries the same generalizing force as the active participle in the first line. See GKC 329 §111.u. |
| (0.38) | (Job 34:17) | 1 tn The force of הַאַף (haʾaf) is “Is it truly the case?” The point is being made that if Job were right God could not be judging the world. |
| (0.38) | (Job 16:3) | 4 tn The Hiphil of מָרַץ (marats) does not occur anywhere else. The word means “to compel; to force” (see 6:25). |
| (0.38) | (Job 1:11) | 2 tn The force of the imperatives in this sentence are almost conditional—if God were to do this, then surely Job would respond differently. |
