⁵ tn The LXX interprets the line: “does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?”

¹ tn Heb “[in] which not any of the sons of Israel [are] here.”

¹ tn Heb “all/any person from you shall not eat blood.”

¹ tn Heb “And any earthenware vessel which shall fall from them into its midst.”

¹ tn Heb “on the garment”; NCV “on any clothes”; CEV “on the clothes of the priest.”

³ tn The idiom “lift up hand or foot” means “take any action” here.

³ sn The responsibility for the sanctuary included obligations relating to any violation of the sanctuary. This was stated to forestall any further violations of the sanctuary. The priests were to pay for any ritual errors, primarily if any came too near. Since the priests and Levites come near all the time, they risk violating ritual laws more than any. So, with the great privileges come great responsibilities. The bottom line is that they were responsible for the sanctuary.

² sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

¹ sn This man has done nothing wrong is yet another declaration that Jesus was innocent of any crime.

¹ sn If the religious leaders will not dare to question Jesus any longer, then he will question them.

⁵ tn Heb “In all my gains/labors, no one can find in me any guilt that is sin.”

¹ sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.

⁵ sn The form is plural. What they say (the “mouth” is a metonymy of cause) is any range of harmful things.

¹ sn This is an understatement, the opposite being intended (a figure called tapeinosis). A scorner rejects any efforts to reform him.

¹ sn Those who wish to improve themselves must learn to accept correction; the fool hates/rejects any correction.

¹ tn Heb “like a dream from awakening.” They lack any real substance; their prosperity will last for only a brief time.

¹ sn Here is the apodosis, the imprecation Job pronounces on himself if he has done any of these things just listed.

² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates by the words “in any case.”

² sn The Levites have the care of the tent of meeting, and so they are responsible for any transgressions against it.

⁶ tn Here the article expresses the generic idea of any holy thing (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 19, §92).