² tn Heb “never goes out.”

² tn Or “will never die” or “will never be lost.”

⁵ tn Or “will never wipe out.”

¹ tn Grk “will never die forever.”

³ tn Heb “his words are never listened to.”

³ tn Or “They never stop saying day and night.”

¹ tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”

⁴ tn Or “I will never forget all your deeds.”

³ tn Heb “he will never allow swaying for the righteous.”

² tn Heb “God forgets, he hides his face, he never sees.”

¹ sn This means “If only I had never come into existence.”

¹ tn Heb “which like it there has never been.”

⁹ tn Grk “he will never taste of death forever.” The Greek negative here is emphatic.

⁴ tn Grk “he will never see death forever.” The Greek negative here is emphatic.

² tn Or “you never believe.” The verb πιστεύσητε (pisteusēte) is aorist subjunctive and may have either nuance.

¹ tn Grk “will never be thirsty forever.” The possibility of a later thirst is emphatically denied.

¹ tn Heb “and they do not say in their heart”; cf. TEV “It never enters their heads.”

¹ sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.

¹ tn Grk “First.” Paul never mentions a second point, so J. B. Phillips translated “I must begin by telling you….”

⁷ tn Or “will never be the equivalent of one of your maidservants” (see F. Bush, Ruth [WBC], 107).