Discovery Box| (0.37) | (Isa 3:16) | 2 tn Heb “with an outstretched neck.” They proudly hold their heads high so that others can see the jewelry around their necks. |
| (0.37) | (Ecc 4:16) | 1 tn Heb “the people.” The term עַם (ʿam, “people”) can refer to the subjects of the king (BDB 766 s.v. עַם 2). |
| (0.37) | (Pro 29:8) | 3 tn The term “city” is a metonymy of subject; it refers to the people in the city who can easily be set in an uproar by such scornful people. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 27:1) | 1 sn The verse rules out one’s overconfident sense of ability to control the future. No one can presume on the future. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 26:18) | 2 tn Heb “arrows and death” (so KJV, NASB). This expression can be understood as a nominal hendiadys: “deadly arrows” (so NAB, NIV). |
| (0.37) | (Pro 22:17) | 3 tn Or “heart.” The term לֵב (lev) can refer to the “mind” or the “heart” and represent a person’s thinking, feeling, or will. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 20:9) | 1 sn The verse is a rhetorical question; it is affirming that no one can say this because no one is pure and free of sin. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 18:5) | 3 tn Or “the guilty,” since in the second colon “righteous” can also be understood in contrast as “innocent” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT). |
| (0.37) | (Pro 17:20) | 2 tn The phrase “does not find good” is a figure (tapeinosis) meaning, “will experience calamity.” The wicked person can expect trouble ahead. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 17:3) | 3 sn The term כּוּר (kur) describes a “furnace” or “smelting pot.” It can be used figuratively for the beneficial side of affliction (Isa 48:10). |
| (0.37) | (Pro 15:28) | 1 tn Or “mind.” The term לֵב (lev) can refer to the “mind” or “heart” and represent a person’s thinking, feeling, or will. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 12:5) | 2 sn The plans of good people are directed toward what is right. Advice from the wicked, however, is deceitful and can only lead to trouble. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 12:3) | 2 tn The Niphal imperfect of כּוּן (cun, “to be established”) refers to finding permanent “security” (so NRSV, TEV, CEV) before God. Only righteousness can do that. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 11:19) | 4 sn “Life” and “death” describe the vicissitudes of this life but can also refer to the situation beyond the grave. The two paths head in opposite directions. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 11:7) | 2 tn The imperfect verb can be present or future tense. It states a general truth which typically occurs in the given circumstances. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 11:5) | 2 sn The wicked may think that they can make their way through life easier by their wickedness, but instead it will at some point bring them down. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 8:11) | 1 tn The verb יִשְׁווּ (yishevu, from שָׁוָה, shavah) can be rendered “are not comparable” or with a modal nuance, “cannot be compared” with her. |
| (0.37) | (Pro 7:18) | 1 tn The verb means “to be saturated; to drink one’s fill,” and can at times mean “to be intoxicated with.” |
| (0.37) | (Pro 6:12) | 2 tn Heb “crooked” or “twisted.” This term can refer to something that is physically twisted or crooked, or something morally perverse. Cf. NAB “crooked talk”; NRSV “crooked speech.” |
| (0.37) | (Pro 3:15) | 1 tn The imperfect verb from יָסַד (yasad, “to establish be like; to resemble”) has a modal nuance here: “can [not] compare with.” |
