¹ tn Or “eagerness.”

¹ tn Grk “Eagerly help.”

⁴ tn Or “was eager.”

⁴ tn Or “willingly,” “readily”; Grk “with all eagerness.”

¹ tn Grk “by means of the eagerness of others.”

² tn Grk “just as the eagerness to want [it].”

¹ tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”

² tn Grk “and boiling in spirit” (an idiom for great eagerness or enthusiasm; BDAG 426 s.v. ζέω).

⁵ tn Here and in v. 6 the words “we’re eager” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² sn The analogy is that they received his words eagerly as the dry ground opens to receive the rains.

² sn Job had expressed his eagerness to challenge God; Zophar here wishes that God would take up that challenge.

¹ tn Grk “eager for spirits.” The plural is probably a shorthand for the Spirit’s gifts, especially in this context, tongues.

³ sn All the people hung on his words is an idiom for intent, eager listening. Jesus’ popularity and support made it unwise for the leadership to seize him.

⁶ tn Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eagerness to engage in sinful activities.

² sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack.

² tn Or “long for, desire.” The speaker acknowledges that he is eager to see God come in judgment (see vv. 8, 9b).

² tn Heb “run.” The verb רוּץ (ruts, “run”) functions here as a metonymy of association, meaning “to be eager” to do something (BDB 930 s.v.).

¹ tn Heb “their feet.” The term “feet” is a synecdoche of the part (= their feet) for the whole person (= they), stressing the eagerness of the robbers.

³ tn The verb אֲיַחֵל (ʾayakhel) may be rendered “I will/would wait” or “I will/would hope.” The word describes eager expectation and longing hope.

² tn The verb “wait, hope” has the idea of eager expectation and preparation. It is used elsewhere of waiting on the Lord with anticipation.