¹ tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

¹ tn Heb “and I myself will also strike you.”

³ tn Heb “And I myself have given it to you.”

¹ tn Heb “I myself multiplied vision[s]”; cf. NASB “I gave numerous visions.”

¹ tn Heb “I swear by myself.” See 22:5 and the study note there.

² tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

¹ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

³ tn Heb “I restrain [myself] concerning you not to cut you off.”

¹ tn Or “lift myself up” (KJV); NLT “show my power and might.”

³ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

³ tn The words “to silence myself” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “caused to come”; KJV “did let no man come in…but myself.”

⁵ tn Heb “my heart” (לִבִּי, libbi). The term “heart” is a metonymy of part for the whole (“my heart” = myself).

¹ tn The first person pronoun appears before the first person verbal form for emphasis, reflected in the translation by “myself.”

¹ tn Heb “and I will shame myself still more than this and I will be lowly in my eyes.”

² tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

¹ tn Heb “will seek from him”; NAB “I myself will make him answer for it”; NRSV “will hold accountable.”

¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.

¹ tn Heb “And I myself said.” See note on “I thought that she might come back to me” in 3:7.

² tn The meaning of the expression “I do not know myself” seems to be, “I do not care.” NIV translates it, “I have no concern for my life.”