Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Mic 6:7) | 1 sn Since child sacrifice is forbidden in scripture (Deut 12:31; 18:10), the speaker is revealed to not be in earnest but perhaps sarcastic. |
| (0.30) | (Oba 1:11) | 2 tn Or perhaps, “wealth” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). The Hebrew word is somewhat ambiguous here. This word also appears in v. 13, where it clearly refers to wealth. |
| (0.30) | (Amo 9:4) | 2 tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem). |
| (0.30) | (Amo 9:3) | 2 tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem). |
| (0.30) | (Amo 6:6) | 1 sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls). |
| (0.30) | (Hos 8:1) | 2 tn Or perhaps: “A vulture.” Some identify the species indicated by the Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) as the griffon vulture (cf. NEB, NRSV). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 27:25) | 1 tn Or perhaps “Large merchant ships.” The expression “ships of Tarshish” may describe a class of vessel, that is, large oceangoing merchant ships. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 16:17) | 1 tn Or perhaps “and worshiped them,” if the word “prostitution” is understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense (cf. CEV, NLT). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 8:16) | 3 tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of “twenty-five,” perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 46:19) | 1 tn Heb “inhabitants of daughter Egypt.” Like the phrase “daughter Zion,” “daughter Egypt” is a poetic personification of the land, here perhaps to stress the idea of defenselessness. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 57:14) | 1 tn Since God is speaking throughout this context, perhaps we should emend the text to “and I say.” However, divine speech is introduced in v. 15. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 53:4) | 1 sn Illness and pain stand by metonymy (or perhaps as metaphors) for sin and its effects, as vv. 11-12 make clear. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 49:5) | 4 tn Heb “and my God is [perhaps, “having been”] my strength.” The disjunctive structure (vav [ו] + subject + verb) is interpreted here as indicating a causal circumstantial clause. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 34:15) | 4 tn The precise meaning of דַּיָּה (dayyah) is uncertain, though the term appears to refer to some type of bird of prey, perhaps a vulture. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 29:18) | 2 sn Perhaps this depicts the spiritual transformation of the once spiritually insensitive nation (see vv. 10-12, cf. also 6:9-10). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 25:7) | 2 sn The point of the imagery is unclear. Perhaps the shroud/covering referred to was associated with death in some way (see v. 8). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 10:6) | 1 sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:17) | 3 sn Perhaps the passerby who intrudes (likely not knowing all the facts of the matter) will become the target of both parties’ displeasure. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 149:5) | 2 tn The significance of the reference to “beds” is unclear. Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even when falling asleep or awaking. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 108:1) | 2 tn Or perhaps “confident”; Heb “my heart is steadfast.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and/or emotions. |
