Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Eze 33:3) | 2 tn Sounding the trumpet could warn of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6). |
| (0.38) | (Jer 11:6) | 1 tn Heb “the terms of this covenant.” However, this was a separate message, and the ambiguity of “this” could still cause some confusion. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 59:19) | 5 tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28). |
| (0.38) | (Isa 41:1) | 2 tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 40:16) | 2 sn The point is that not even the Lebanon forest could supply enough wood and animals for an adequate sacrifice to the Lord. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 38:16) | 2 tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as indicative, “you restore my health,” but the following imperatival form suggests it be understood as an imperfect of request. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 10:33) | 2 tn Heb “the exalted of the height.” This could refer to the highest branches (cf. TEV) or the tallest trees (cf. NIV, NRSV). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 26:25) | 1 tn The particle כִּי (ki) is here interpreted with a temporal nuance. It is also possible that it could be read as concessive (so NIV, NLT “Though”). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 26:6) | 2 tn The participle could be taken as the subject of the sentence: “the one who sends…cuts off…and drinks.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 25:15) | 2 tn The two imperfect verbs in this line may be nuanced as potential imperfects because what is described could happen, but does not do so as a rule. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 19:19) | 1 sn The Hebrew word means “indemnity, fine”; this suggests that the trouble could be legal, and the angry person has to pay for it. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 13:14) | 4 tn The infinitive construct with preposition ל (lamed) gives the result (or, purpose) of the first statement. It could also be taken epexegetically, “by turning.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:11) | 1 tn The preposition ב (bet) here may have the causal sense (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 45, §247), although it could also be means (Williams, 44, §243). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 5:5) | 1 sn The terms death and grave could be hyperbolic of a ruined life, but probably refer primarily to the mortal consequences of a life of debauchery. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 1:9) | 6 tn Cf. KJV, ASV “chains”; NIV “a chain”; but this English term could suggest a prisoner’s chain to the modern reader rather than adornment. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 110:6) | 1 tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 6-7 are understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though they could be taken as future. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 110:2) | 2 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though it could be taken as future. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 11:4) | 1 tn Because of the royal imagery involved here, one could translate “lofty palace.” The Lord’s heavenly temple is in view here (see Mic 1:2-4). |
| (0.38) | (Job 40:15) | 3 tn Heb “with you.” The meaning could be temporal (“when I made you”)—perhaps a reference to the sixth day of creation (Gen 1:24). |
| (0.38) | (Job 39:28) | 2 tn The word could be taken as the predicate, but because of the conjunction it seems to be adding another description of the place of its nest. |
