Discovery Box| (0.60) | (Pro 7:11) | 1 tn Heb “her feet.” This is a synecdoche, a part for the whole; the point is that she never stays home, but is out and about all the time. |
| (0.60) | (Pro 4:23) | 3 sn The word תּוֹצְאוֹת (totseʾot, from יָצָא, yatsaʾ) means “outgoings; extremities; sources.” It is used here for starting points, like a fountainhead, and so the translation “sources” works well. |
| (0.60) | (Psa 149:5) | 2 tn The significance of the reference to “beds” is unclear. Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even when falling asleep or awaking. |
| (0.60) | (Psa 59:3) | 3 sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord. |
| (0.60) | (Psa 58:8) | 1 tn There is no “to be” verb in the Hebrew text at this point, but a jussive tone can be assumed based on vv. 6-7. |
| (0.60) | (Psa 45:16) | 1 tn The pronoun is second masculine singular, indicating the king is being addressed from this point to the end of the psalm. |
| (0.60) | (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. |
| (0.60) | (Job 31:32) | 1 tn This verse forms another parenthesis. Job stops almost at every point now in the conditional clauses to affirm his purity and integrity. |
| (0.60) | (Job 20:21) | 2 sn The point throughout is that insatiable greed and ruthless plundering to satisfy it will be recompensed with utter and complete loss. |
| (0.60) | (Job 12:3) | 3 tn Heb “With whom are not such things as these?” The point is that everyone knows the things that these friends have been saying—they are commonplace. |
| (0.60) | (Job 9:23) | 1 sn The point of these verses is to show—rather boldly—that God does not distinguish between the innocent and the guilty. |
| (0.60) | (Job 6:3) | 2 sn The point of the comparison with the sand of the sea is that the sand is immeasurable. So the grief of Job cannot be measured. |
| (0.60) | (Job 2:11) | 4 tn The verb can mean that they “agreed together,” but it also (and more likely) means that they came together at a meeting point to go visit Job together. |
| (0.60) | (Job 1:19) | 1 tn The use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “behold”) in this sentence is deictic, pointing out with excitement the events that happened as if the listener was there. |
| (0.60) | (Job 1:15) | 4 tn Heb “the edge/mouth of the sword”; see T. J. Meek, “Archaeology and a Point of Hebrew Syntax,” BASOR 122 (1951): 31-33. |
| (0.60) | (2Ch 3:16) | 1 tn The Hebrew text adds here, “in the inner sanctuary,” but the description at this point is of the pillars, not the inner sanctuary. |
| (0.60) | (2Ki 19:29) | 1 tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 21-28) ends and the Lord again directly addresses Hezekiah and the people (see v. 20). |
| (0.60) | (2Ki 4:26) | 1 tn Heb “she said.” The narrator streamlines the story at this point, omitting any reference to Gehazi running to meet her and asking her the questions. |
| (0.60) | (1Ki 8:13) | 1 tn The words “O Lord” do not appear in the original text, but they are supplied for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point. |
| (0.60) | (Rut 2:13) | 4 tn Heb “spoken to the heart of.” As F. W. Bush points out, the idiom here means “to reassure, encourage” (Ruth, Esther [WBC], 124). |
