Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Jos 6:27) | 1 tn Heb “and the report about him was in all the land.” The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (ʾerets, “land”) may also be translated “earth.” |
| (0.42) | (Num 13:21) | 1 sn Zin is on the southern edge of the land, but Rehob is far north, near Mount Hermon. The spies covered all the land. |
| (0.42) | (Lev 11:39) | 1 tn This word for “animal” refers to land animal quadrupeds, not just any beast that dwells on the land (cf. 11:2). |
| (0.42) | (Gen 47:11) | 1 tn Heb “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 41:46) | 4 tn Heb “and he passed through all the land of Egypt”; this phrase is interpreted by JPS to mean that Joseph “emerged in charge of the whole land.” |
| (0.42) | (Gen 41:34) | 4 tn Heb “and he shall collect a fifth of the land of Egypt.” The language is figurative (metonymy); it means what the land produces, i.e., the harvest. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 28:4) | 3 tn Heb “the land of your sojournings,” that is, the land where Jacob had been living as a resident foreigner, as his future descendants would after him. |
| (0.40) | (Act 27:39) | 3 sn A beach would refer to a smooth sandy beach suitable for landing. |
| (0.40) | (Act 27:27) | 3 tn Grk “suspected that some land was approaching them.” BDAG 876 s.v. προσάγω 2.a states, “lit. ὑπενόουν προσάγειν τινά αὐτοῖς χώραν they suspected that land was near (lit. ‘approaching them’) Ac 27:27.” Current English idiom would speak of the ship approaching land rather than land approaching the ship. |
| (0.40) | (Act 7:40) | 1 tn Or simply “of Egypt.” The phrase “the land of” could be omitted as unnecessary or redundant. |
| (0.40) | (Act 7:36) | 2 tn Or simply “in Egypt.” The phrase “the land of” could be omitted as unnecessary or redundant. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 20:9) | 4 sn The leasing of land to tenant farmers was common in this period. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 12:1) | 4 sn The leasing of land to tenant farmers was common in this period. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 21:33) | 4 sn The leasing of land to tenant farmers was common in this period. |
| (0.40) | (Zec 13:5) | 1 tn Or perhaps “for the land has been my possession since my youth” (so NRSV; similar NAB). |
| (0.40) | (Zec 7:14) | 1 tn Or “desirable”; traditionally “pleasant” (so many English versions; cf. TEV “This good land”). |
| (0.40) | (Zep 1:18) | 1 tn Or “land” (cf. NEB). This same word also occurs at the end of the present verse. |
| (0.40) | (Mic 7:14) | 4 sn The regions of Bashan and Gilead, located in Transjordan, were noted for their rich grazing lands. |
| (0.40) | (Mic 5:5) | 2 tc Some prefer to read “in our land,” emending the text to בְּאַדְמָתֵנוּ (beʾadmatenu). |
| (0.40) | (Mic 2:5) | 1 sn No one will assign you land in the Lord’s community. When judgment passes and the people are restored to the land, those greedy ones who disregarded the ancient land allotments will not be allowed to participate in the future redistribution of the land. |
