Discovery Box| (0.37) | (Psa 144:1) | 2 tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2. |
| (0.37) | (Psa 143:10) | 4 sn A level land (where one can walk free of obstacles) here symbolizes divine blessing and protection. See Pss 26:12 and 27:11 for similar imagery. |
| (0.37) | (Psa 109:8) | 2 tn The Hebrew noun פְּקֻדָּה (pequddah) can mean “charge” or “office,” though BDB 824 s.v. suggests that here it refers to his possessions. |
| (0.37) | (Psa 89:14) | 2 tn Heb “are in front of your face.” The idiom can mean “confront” (Ps 17:13) or “meet, enter the presence of” (Ps 95:2). |
| (0.37) | (Psa 69:4) | 2 tn The Hebrew verb עָצַם (ʿatsam) can sometimes mean “are strong,” but here it probably focuses on numerical superiority; note the parallel verb רָבַב (ravav, “be many”). |
| (0.37) | (Psa 58:8) | 1 tn There is no “to be” verb in the Hebrew text at this point, but a jussive tone can be assumed based on vv. 6-7. |
| (0.37) | (Psa 45:10) | 1 tn Heb “daughter.” The Hebrew noun בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can sometimes refer to a young woman in a general sense (see H. Haag, TDOT 2:334). |
| (0.37) | (Psa 28:1) | 2 tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2. |
| (0.37) | (Psa 2:9) | 2 tn The Hebrew term שֵׁבֶט (shevet) can refer to a “staff” or “rod,” but here it probably refers to the Davidic king’s royal scepter, symbolizing his sovereignty. |
| (0.37) | (Job 41:10) | 1 sn The description is of the animal, not the hunter (or fisherman). Leviathan is so fierce that no one can take him on alone. |
| (0.37) | (Job 37:6) | 1 tn The verb actually means “be” (found here in the Aramaic form). The verb “to be” can mean “to happen, to fall, to come about.” |
| (0.37) | (Job 35:12) | 1 tn The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) connects this verse to v. 11. “There” can be locative or temporal—and here it is temporal (= “then”). |
| (0.37) | (Job 32:5) | 1 tn The first clause beginning with a vav (ו) consecutive and the preterite can be subordinated to the next similar verb as a temporal clause. |
| (0.37) | (Job 20:19) | 2 tn The last clause says, “and he did not build it.” This can be understood in an adverbial sense, supplying the relative pronoun to the translation. |
| (0.37) | (Job 17:11) | 1 tn This term usually means “plans; devices” in a bad sense, although it can be used of God’s plans (see e.g., Zech 8:15). |
| (0.37) | (Job 16:22) | 1 tn The expression is “years of number,” meaning that they can be counted, and so “the years are few.” The verb simply means “comes” or “lie ahead.” |
| (0.37) | (Job 15:22) | 2 sn In the context of these arguments, “darkness” probably refers to calamity, and so the wicked can expect a calamity that is final. |
| (0.37) | (Job 11:11) | 2 tn The expression is literally “men of emptiness” (see Ps 26:4). These are false men, for שָׁוְא (shavʾ) can mean “vain, empty, or false, deceitful.” |
| (0.37) | (Job 9:12) | 2 tn The verb is the Hiphil imperfect (potential again) from שׁוּב (shuv). In this stem it can mean “turn back, refute, repel” (BDB 999 s.v. Hiph.5). |
| (0.37) | (Job 7:20) | 1 tn The simple perfect verb can be used in a conditional sentence without a conditional particle present (see GKC 494 §159.h). |
