² tn Heb “held fast.”

³ tn Or “and held himself aloof.”

¹ tn Or “held a great feast.”

¹ tn Heb “held tight,” or “clung to.”

¹ sn The censers held the embers used for the incense offerings.

¹ sn These held the embers used for the incense offerings.

² tn Heb “that had been held in trust with him.”

¹ tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

¹ tn Heb “silent” (so NASB, NIV, TEV, NLT); CEV “have held my temper.”

² tn Heb “were sitting first”; NAB “held first rank in the realm.”

¹ tn The Greek participle συμβιβαζόμενον (sumbibazomenon) translated “held together” also has in different contexts, the idea of teaching implied in it.

⁴ tn Or “for him to be held by it” (in either case, “it” refers to death’s power).

³ tn Grk “may your name be held in reverence” or “may your name be considered holy”; traditionally, “hallowed be your name.”

³ tn Grk “may your name be held in reverence” or “may your name be considered holy”; traditionally, “hallowed be your name.”

³ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “held back downwards from”; KJV “hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve” (NIV, NRSV, NLT all similar).

⁷ sn A balance scale would have been a rod held by a rope in the middle with pans attached to both ends for measuring.

² sn Zedekiah held out this hope of escape until the end. He tried to escape but was unsuccessful (cf. 39:4-5).

² tn Heb “indeed, over all the houses of joy.” It is not certain if this refers to individual homes or to places where parties and celebrations were held.

⁵ tn The Hebrew is structured chiastically: “his own iniquities will capture the wicked, by the cords of his own sin will he be held.”