² tn Heb “a broad place where there is no cramping beneath [or under] it.”

³ tn Heb “[is] with you.” This clearly means under God’s control.

¹ tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”

¹ tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”

³ tn Heb “under whose wings you have sought shelter”; NIV, NLT “have come to take refuge.”

² tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”

¹ tn Heb “we put them under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). See note at 2:34.

¹ tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread in the skin.”

¹ tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread.”

¹ tn Heb “and swears on falsehood”; cf. CEV “deny something while under oath.”

² sn On the expression put your hand under my thigh see Gen 24:2.

⁴ tn Heb “hand.” This is a metonymy for being under the control or care of Joseph.

³ tn Heb “hand.” This is a metonymy for being under the control or care of Joseph.

¹ sn The imagery of v. 6 is romantic: (1) His mother originally conceived him with his father under the apple tree, (2) his mother gave birth to him under the apple tree, and (3) the Beloved had now awakened him to love under the same apple tree. The cycle of life and love had come around full circle under the apple tree. While his mother had awakened his eyes to life, the Beloved had awakened him to love. His parents had made love under the apple tree to conceive him in love, and now Solomon and his Beloved were making love under the same apple tree of love.

⁵ tn Or “bound themselves under a curse.” BDAG 63 s.v. ἀναθεματίζω 1 has “trans. put under a curse τινά someone…ἀ. ἑαυτόν vss. 12, 21, 13 v.l.”

¹ sn The imagery of fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree describes the peaceful dominion of the Lord in the coming messianic age (Mic 4:4; cf. 1 Kgs 4:25).

³ sn A poor nation under the control of political tyrants who are dangerous and destructive is helpless. The people of that nation will crumble under them because they cannot meet their demands and are of no use to them.

¹ tn Or “come under public criticism.” BDAG 101 s.v. ἀπελεγμός has “come into disrepute Ac 19:27.”

² sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

¹ tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”