Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Jdg 20:26) | 4 tn Traditionally, “fasted.” |
| (0.80) | (Job 23:11) | 2 tn Heb “held fast.” |
| (0.80) | (2Sa 12:16) | 2 tn Heb “and David fasted.” |
| (0.60) | (Joe 1:14) | 1 tn Heb “consecrate a fast” (so NASB). |
| (0.60) | (Psa 109:24) | 1 tn Heb “my knees stagger from fasting.” |
| (0.57) | (Isa 58:4) | 1 tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.” |
| (0.50) | (Isa 56:4) | 1 tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.” |
| (0.50) | (Isa 47:12) | 1 tn Heb “stand” (so KJV, ASV); NASB, NRSV “Stand fast.” |
| (0.40) | (Phi 3:16) | 2 tn Grk “Nevertheless, to what we have attained, to the same hold fast.” |
| (0.40) | (Mat 4:2) | 1 tn Grk “and having fasted 40 days and 40 nights, afterward he was hungry.” |
| (0.40) | (Isa 58:6) | 1 tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification. |
| (0.40) | (Isa 56:6) | 2 tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 14:23) | 3 tn Literally with a participle (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi) rather than a noun, “praying with fasting,” but the combination “prayer and fasting” is so familiar in English that it is preferable to use it here. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 18:12) | 1 sn The law only required fasting on the Day of Atonement. Such voluntary fasting as this practiced twice a week by the Pharisee normally took place on Monday and Thursday. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 2:37) | 2 sn The statements about Anna worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day make her extreme piety clear. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 9:3) | 3 sn When lamenting, ancient Israelites would fast, wear sackcloth, and put ashes on their heads to show their sorrow and contrition. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 5:33) | 3 sn John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees followed typical practices with regard to fasting and prayer. Many Jews fasted regularly (Lev 16:29-34; 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11). The zealous fasted twice a week on Monday and Thursday. |
| (0.35) | (Mar 2:18) | 4 sn John’s disciples and the Pharisees followed typical practices with regard to fasting and prayer. Many Jews fasted regularly (Lev 16:29-34; 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11). The zealous fasted twice a week on Monday and Thursday. |
| (0.35) | (Mat 9:14) | 4 sn John’s disciples and the Pharisees followed typical practices with regard to fasting and prayer. Many Jews fasted regularly (Lev 16:29-34; 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11). The zealous fasted twice a week (cf. Luke 18:12) on Monday and Thursday (Didache 8:1). |
| (0.30) | (1Pe 5:12) | 4 tn Grk “in which stand fast.” For emphasis, and due to constraints of contemporary English, this was made a separate sentence in the translation. |
