Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Exo 21:8) | 3 tn The verb is a Hiphil perfect with vav (ו) consecutive from פָּדָה (padah, “to redeem”). Here in the apodosis the form is equivalent to an imperfect: “let someone redeem her”—perhaps her father if he can, or another. U. Cassuto says it can also mean she can redeem herself and dissolve the relationship (Exodus, 268). |
| (0.38) | (Job 41:10) | 2 tc MT has “before me” and can best be rendered as “Who then is he that can stand before me?” (ESV, NASB, NIV, NLT, NJPS). The following verse (11) favors the MT since both express the lesson to be learned from Leviathan: If a man cannot stand up to Leviathan, how can he stand up to its creator? The translation above has chosen to read the text as “before him” (cf. NRSV, NJB). |
| (0.37) | (Rev 1:6) | 1 tn The verb ποιέω (poieō) can indicate appointment or assignment rather than simply “make” or “do.” See Mark 3:14 (L&N 37.106). |
| (0.37) | (1Jo 4:3) | 2 tn Or “refuses to acknowledge”; Grk “that does not confess,” but the literal rendering can be misread by an English reader as a double negative with the following clause. |
| (0.37) | (2Pe 2:14) | 5 tn “People” is literally “souls.” The term ψυχή (psuchē) can refer to one’s soul, one’s life, or oneself. |
| (0.37) | (2Pe 1:19) | 1 tn Grk “and.” The use of καί (kai) is of course quite elastic. Only the context can determine if it is adversative, continuative, transitional, etc. |
| (0.37) | (1Pe 4:6) | 3 tn Grk “so that they may be judged…but may live.” Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English. |
| (0.37) | (Heb 6:6) | 2 tn Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”). |
| (0.37) | (1Ti 5:3) | 1 sn The word honor here carries the double meaning of respect and financial support. This Greek word can imply both senses, and both are intended in this context. |
| (0.37) | (1Ti 4:2) | 2 tn Or “branded.” The Greek verb καυστηριάζω (kaustēriazō) can be used to refer either to the cause (“brand”) or the effect (“seared”). |
| (0.37) | (2Th 1:9) | 2 tn Or “power,” or “might.” The construction can also be translated as an attributed genitive: “from his glorious strength” (cf. TEV “glorious might”; CEV “glorious strength”; NLT “glorious power”). |
| (0.37) | (Col 2:8) | 1 tn The Greek construction here is somewhat difficult and can be literally rendered “Be careful, lest someone shall be the one who takes you captive.” |
| (0.37) | (2Co 9:8) | 2 tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”). |
| (0.37) | (2Co 4:2) | 1 tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220). |
| (0.37) | (1Co 16:22) | 1 tn The Greek text has μαράνα θά (marana tha). These Aramaic words can also be read as maran atha, translated “Our Lord has come!” |
| (0.37) | (Rom 11:16) | 1 tn Grk “firstfruits,” a term for the first part of something that has been set aside and offered to God before the remainder can be used. |
| (0.37) | (Act 25:11) | 4 sn That is, no one can hand me over to them lawfully. Paul was aware of the dangers of a return to Jerusalem. |
| (0.37) | (Act 19:8) | 6 tn Or “addressing them persuasively.” The two participles διαλεγόμενος and πείθων (dialegomenos and peithōn) can be understood as a hendiadys (so NIV, NRSV), thus, “addressing them persuasively.” |
| (0.37) | (Act 17:25) | 1 tn L&N 57.45 has “nor does he need anything more that people can supply by working for him.” |
| (0.37) | (Act 9:42) | 2 sn This became known…many believed in the Lord. This is a “sign” miracle that pictures how the Lord can give life. |
