³ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

² tn Heb “I have seen a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

⁵ tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”

² tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “leaven must not be seen among you in all your border.”

² tn Heb “which your fathers have not seen, nor your fathers’ fathers.”

¹ tn The use of the infinitive absolute with the perfect tense intensifies the statement: I have surely seen—there is no doubt that I have seen and will do something about it.

³ sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.

² sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

⁷ tn Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴ sn Mary is seen here as an example of an object of God’s grace (blessed) for all generations.

³ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

³ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

¹ tn The words “was heard” are supplied in the translation to avoid the impression that the voice was seen.

⁴ tn Heb “for therefore I have seen your face like seeing the face of God and you have accepted me.”

⁴ sn I have seen God face-to-face. See the note on the name “Peniel” earlier in the verse.

² tn The Niphal imperfect could simply be rendered “will not be seen,” but given the emphasis of the preceding verses, it is more binding than that, and so a negated obligatory imperfect fits better: “it must not be seen.” It would also be possible to render it with a potential imperfect tense: “it cannot be seen.”

¹ tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

¹ tn Grk “let your gentleness be seen by all.” The passive voice construction has been converted to active voice in the translation for stylistic reasons.