¹ sn By changing from “the people” to “you” (plural) the speech of Pharaoh was becoming more personal.

¹ tn Heb “to all of them he gave, to each one, changes of outer garments.”

⁵ sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.

² sn The word translated change your minds is the same verb used in v. 29 (there translated had a change of heart). Jesus is making an obvious comparison here, in which the religious leaders are viewed as the disobedient son.

¹ tn Heb “Therefore his taste remains in him, and his aroma is not changed.” The metaphor is changed into a simile in an attempt to help the reader understand the figure in the context.

² sn The verse is simply observing two things that are misfits. It is not concerned with a fool who changes and can handle wealth, or a servant who changes to become a nobleman. It is focused on things that are incongruous.

¹ tc Many commentators accept the change of “his eyes” to “his right” (reading דִּינוֹ [dino] for עֵינָיו [ʿenayv]). There is no compelling reason for the change; it makes the line commonplace.

² tn Grk “God is faithful who.” The relative pronoun was changed to a personal pronoun in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.

¹ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.

⁴ tn Heb “changes.” The imagery in this verse about gold is without parallel in the Bible and uncertain in precise nuance.

² tn Heb “By David, when he changed his sense before Abimelech and he drove him away and he went.”

¹ tn Heb “he grew up with me.” Several commentators have decided to change the pronoun to “I,” and make it causative.

¹ sn Here Job changes the metaphor again, to the driving storm. God has sent his storms, and Job is blown away.

² tc The LXX reads this verb as “you scourged/whipped me.” But there is no reason to adopt this change.

² tn The same verb שִׂים (sim, “set”) is used this way in Isa 5:20: “…who change darkness into light.”

² tc The Greek version adds “which is Mount Nebo.” This is a typical scribal change to harmonize two passages.

¹ sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.

³ sn Every island fled away and no mountains could be found. Major geographical and topographical changes will accompany the Day of the Lord.

³ sn Jude cites 2 Pet 3:3, changing a few of the words among other things, cleaning up the syntax, conforming it to Hellenistic style.