² tn Heb “you establish fairness.”

² tn Heb “have kept themselves from women” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “haven’t had sexual relations recently”; NLT “have not slept with any women recently.”

¹ tn Heb “will reign according to fairness.”

¹ tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”

¹ tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.

³ tn Heb “fair of form, a mistress of sorceries.”

¹ tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”

² tn That is, fair and for man’s good.

³ tn Heb “[he is] an elevated place for times in trouble.” Here an “elevated place” refers to a stronghold, a defensible, secure position that represents a safe haven in times of unrest or distress (cf. NEB “tower of strength”; NIV, NRSV “stronghold”).

² tn Grk “moved back” (but here a fairly rapid movement is implied).

¹ tn Or “Lord, you are fair when I present my case before you.”

² tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”

⁵ tn Heb “with/by justice and fairness”; ASV “with justice and with righteousness.”

¹ tn Heb “the Lord does fairness, and [acts of] justice for all the oppressed.”

¹ tn Heb “was good of appearance”; KJV “was fair to look on”; NAB “was lovely to behold.”

¹ tn Heb “and he was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”

¹ tn Heb “and David was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”

³ tn Heb “I, [in] fairness, I judge.” The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically executes fair judgment as he governs the world. One could take this as referring to an anticipated (future) judgment, “I will judge.”

³ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

³ sn The appearance of מִשְׁפָט (mishpat, “justice”) and צְדָקָה (ts^edaqah, “fairness”) here is rhetorically significant, when one recalls v. 7. There God denounces his people for failing to produce a society where “justice” and “fairness” are valued and maintained. God will judge his people for their failure, taking “justice” and “fairness” into his own hands.