Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Act 17:30) | 1 tn Or “has deliberately paid no attention to.” |
| (0.58) | (Jer 23:19) | 3 tn The translation is deliberate, intending to reflect the repetition of the Hebrew root, which is “swirl/swirling.” |
| (0.58) | (Gen 39:7) | 1 tn Heb “she lifted up her eyes toward,” an expression that emphasizes her deliberate and careful scrutiny of him. |
| (0.50) | (Mat 21:27) | 1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to indicate that the clause is a result of the deliberations of the leaders. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 28:21) | 2 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure of speech known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!” |
| (0.50) | (Pro 25:27) | 1 sn This is a figure of speech known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is bad!” |
| (0.50) | (Pro 24:23) | 2 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!” |
| (0.50) | (Pro 19:2) | 1 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis (a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario): “it is dangerous!” |
| (0.50) | (Pro 18:5) | 1 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis, a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!” |
| (0.50) | (Pro 1:13) | 1 tn Heb “find.” The use of the verb מָצָא (matsaʾ, “to find”) is deliberate understatement to rhetorically down-play the heinous act of thievery. |
| (0.50) | (Job 4:8) | 2 sn The figure is an implied metaphor. Plowing suggests the idea of deliberately preparing (or cultivating) life for evil. This describes those who are fundamentally wicked. |
| (0.50) | (Job 2:10) | 5 tn The two verbs in this sentence, Piel imperfects, are deliberative imperfects; they express the reasoning or deliberating in the interrogative sentences. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 19:4) | 2 sn The language here is the language of a bridegroom bringing the bride to the chamber. This may be a deliberate allusion to another metaphor for the covenant relationship. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 29:11) | 1 tn Heb “and he lifted up his voice and wept.” The idiom calls deliberate attention to the fact that Jacob wept out loud. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 22:2) | 2 sn Take your son…Isaac. The instructions are very clear, but the details are deliberate. With every additional description the commandment becomes more challenging. |
| (0.42) | (Act 15:6) | 1 tn The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter. |
| (0.42) | (Act 10:20) | 2 tn The term means “without doubting” or “without deliberation.” It is a term of conscience and discernment. In effect, Peter is to listen to them rather than hesitate (BDAG 231 s.v. διακρίνω 6). |
| (0.42) | (Joh 7:32) | 5 tn Grk “to seize him.” In the context of a deliberate attempt by the servants of the chief priests and Pharisees to detain Jesus, the English verb “arrest” conveys the point more effectively. |
| (0.42) | (Luk 11:39) | 1 sn The allusion to washing (clean the outside of the cup) shows Jesus knew what they were thinking and deliberately set up a contrast that charged them with hypocrisy and majoring on minors. |
| (0.42) | (Amo 5:15) | 2 sn Legal disputes were resolved in the city gate (see the note in v. 12). This repetition of this phrase serves to highlight a deliberate contrast to the injustices cited in vv. 11-13. |
