¹ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

¹ sn Teman was an important region (or perhaps city) in Edom.

¹ tn Heb “great”; NRSV “powerful”; NIV “prominent”; NCV “very important.”

² tn Traditionally, “great,” but μέγας (megas) here refers to size rather than importance.

¹ sn The coming wrath. This wrath is an important theme in 1 Thess 5.

² tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.

² tn Grk “Go up higher.” This means to move to a more important place.

² sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41.

¹ tn Or “without distinction,” or “All the people from the least important to the most important”; Heb “from the least to the greatest.” This is a figure of speech that uses polar opposites as an all-inclusive designation of everyone without exception (i.e., it included all the people from the least important or poorest to the most important or richest.)

² tn Or “without distinction,” or “All the people from the least important to the most important”; Heb “from the least to the greatest.” This is a figure of speech that uses polar opposites as an all-inclusive designation of everyone without exception (i.e., it included all the people from the least important or poorest to the most important or richest.)

¹ tn Heb “For.” But this introduces a long explanation about the relative importance of sacrifice and obedience.

¹ sn The verse repeats the imperative “acquire” to underscore the importance of getting wisdom.

² sn The place is unknown; it is apparently an important city in the region.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that is important to the storyline.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

² tn The question uses the enclitic pronoun “this” to emphasize the import of the question.

³ tn The Hebrew verb כָּבֵד (kaved), translated “was…important,” has the primary meaning “to be heavy,” but here carries a secondary sense of “to be important” (that is, “heavy” in honor or respect).

² tn For the translation “proud words” (Grk “great things” or “important things”) see BDAG 624 s.v. μέγας 4.b.

¹ sn From the descendants (Grk “seed”). On the importance of the seed promise involving Abraham, see Gal 3:6-29.

¹ sn There is an important respect shown to women in this text, as their contributions were often ignored in ancient society.