Discovery Box| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (Job 33:32) | 2 tn The infinitive construct serves as the complement or object of “I desire.” It could be rendered “to justify you” or “your justification,” namely, “that you be justified.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 31:20) | 2 tn This clause is interpreted here as a subordinate clause to the first half of the verse. It could also be a separate clause: “was he not warmed…?” |
| (0.38) | (Job 29:2) | 1 tn The optative is here expressed with מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי (mi yitteneni, “who will give me”), meaning, “O that I [could be]…” (see GKC 477 §151.b). |
| (0.38) | (Job 19:4) | 1 tn Job has held to his innocence, so the only way that he could say “I have erred” (שָׁגִיתִי, shagiti) is in a hypothetical clause like this. |
| (0.38) | (Job 12:4) | 5 tn The two words, צַדִּיק תָּמִים (tsadiq tamim), could be understood as a hendiadys (= “blamelessly just”) following W. G. E. Watson (Classical Hebrew Poetry, 327). |
| (0.38) | (Job 10:3) | 1 tn Or “Does it give you pleasure?” The expression could also mean, “Is it profitable for you?” or “Is it fitting for you?” |
| (0.38) | (Job 7:15) | 4 tn The conjunction “and” is supplied in the translation. “Death” could also be taken in apposition to “strangling,” providing the outcome of the strangling. |
| (0.38) | (Job 5:4) | 4 tn The text simply says “and there is no deliverer.” The entire clause could be subordinated to the preceding clause, and rendered simply “without a deliverer.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 5:1) | 2 tn The participle with the suffix could be given a more immediate translation to accompany the imperative: “Call now! Is anyone listening to you?” |
| (0.38) | (Neh 8:3) | 2 tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT). |
| (0.38) | (2Ch 21:10) | 3 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11. |
| (0.38) | (2Ch 3:8) | 3 tc Heb “20 cubits.” Some suggest adding, “and its height 20 cubits” (see 1 Kgs 6:20). The phrase could have been omitted by homoioteleuton. |
| (0.38) | (1Sa 23:7) | 2 tn Heb “with two gates and a bar.” Since in English “bar” could be understood as a saloon, it has been translated as an attributive: “two barred gates.” |
| (0.38) | (Deu 1:16) | 2 tn Heb “brothers.” The term “brothers” could, in English, be understood to refer to siblings, so “fellow citizens” has been used in the translation. |
| (0.38) | (Num 27:19) | 1 tn This could be translated “position him,” or “have him stand,” since it is the causative stem of the verb “to stand.” |
| (0.38) | (Num 23:9) | 3 tn The verb could also be taken as a reflexive—Israel does not consider itself as among the nations, meaning, they consider themselves to be unique. |
| (0.38) | (Num 3:36) | 1 tn Heb “and all their service.” This could possibly be a hendiadys: “and all their working tools.” However, the parallel with v. 26 suggests this is a separate phrase. |
| (0.38) | (Lev 25:16) | 3 tn Heb “a number of produce”; the words “years of” are implied. As an alternative this could be translated “a number of harvests” (cf. NRSV, NLT). |
| (0.38) | (Lev 22:5) | 2 tn The Hebrew term for “person” here is אָדָם (ʾadam, “human being”), which could be either a male or a female person. |
