¹ tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”

¹ tn Or “has deliberately paid no attention to.”

² tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”

² tn Heb “let your ear be attentive.”

² tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”

¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.

¹ tn The Hebrew particle הִנֶּה (hinneh) calls particular attention to something.

² tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”

¹ tn The verbal repetition draws attention to the statement.

² tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.

³ tn The verb probably means “pay attention” in this verse.

¹ tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) calls for someone’s attention.

¹ tn The Hiphil participle מַקְשִׁיב (maqshiv) means “to give attention to; to regard; to heed.” Cf. NASB, NCV, TEV “pays attention to.”

⁴ tn Grk “paying attention” (the adverbial participle is either conditional [“if you pay attention”] or instrumental [“by paying attention”]; though there is difference in translation, there is virtually no difference in application). On a lexical level, “pay attention to” (προσέχω [prosechō]) does not, in a context such as this, mean merely observe or notice, but follow, give heed to, obey.

² tn Grk “behold” (for “pay attention” see L&N 91.13).

¹ tn Or “Therefore pay close attention”; Grk “Take heed therefore how you hear.”

² tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.

¹ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

⁴ tn The idiom is based on attentiveness: “did not incline my ear to.”

² tn Ps 40:17 has “may the Lord pay attention to me.”