² tn Or “stayed.”

¹ tn Or “to stay.”

² tn Heb “stayed,” “remained,” “lived.”

² tn Heb “stay in.”

¹ tn Or “stay away from,” or “have nothing to do with.”

² tn Heb “and she stayed close with”; NIV, NRSV, CEV “stayed close to”; NCV “continued working closely with.”

² tn Grk “Having stayed.” The participle διατρίψας (diatripsas) has been taken temporally.

¹ tn BDAG 841 s.v. ποιέω 5.c, “w. an acc. of time spend, stay.”

⁴ tn The word “staying” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

¹ tn Heb “if they are not full, they stay through the night.”

² tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

⁴ tn Heb “and thus you may stay close with.” The imperfect has a permissive nuance here.

¹ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

³ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

¹ tn The words “stay here” have been supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

³ tn If Jacob stayed, he would be killed and Esau would be forced to run away.

¹ tn The words “stay there” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn After the imperative “stay” the two prefixed verb forms with prefixed conjunction here indicate consequence.

¹ tn Heb “Jeremiah remained/stayed in the courtyard of the guardhouse.” The translation is meant to better reflect the situation; i.e., Jeremiah was released from the cistern but still had to stay in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

³ tn The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness.