Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Zep 2:14) | 4 tn Heb “a sound will sing in the window.” If some type of owl is in view, “hoot” is a more appropriate translation (cf. NEB, NRSV). |
| (0.43) | (Mic 7:12) | 2 tn The masculine pronominal suffix suggests the Lord is addressed. Some emend to a feminine form and take Jerusalem as the addressee. |
| (0.43) | (Mic 6:1) | 2 sn As in some ancient Near Eastern treaties, the mountains are personified as legal witnesses that will settle the dispute between God and Israel. |
| (0.43) | (Mic 5:2) | 2 tn Heb “being small.” Some omit לִהְיוֹת (liheyot, “being”) because it fits awkwardly and appears again in the next line. |
| (0.43) | (Amo 6:6) | 1 sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls). |
| (0.43) | (Amo 6:5) | 1 tn The meaning of the Hebrew verb פָּרַט (parat), which occurs only here in the OT, is unclear. Some translate “strum,” “pluck,” or “improvise.” |
| (0.43) | (Amo 1:8) | 2 tn Heb “the one who sits.” Some translations take this expression as a collective singular referring to the inhabitants rather than the ruler (e.g., NAB, NRSV, NLT). |
| (0.43) | (Joe 3:11) | 1 tn This Hebrew verb is found only here in the OT; its meaning is uncertain. Some scholars prefer to read here עוּרוּ (ʿuru, “arouse”) or חוּשׁוּ (khushu, “hasten”). |
| (0.43) | (Joe 1:14) | 2 tc The conjunction “and” does not appear in MT or LXX but does appear in some Qumran texts (4QXIIc and 4QXIIg). |
| (0.43) | (Hos 8:1) | 2 tn Or perhaps: “A vulture.” Some identify the species indicated by the Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) as the griffon vulture (cf. NEB, NRSV). |
| (0.43) | (Hos 3:1) | 2 tn Heb “a woman.” The probable referent is Gomer. Some English translations (e.g., NIV, NLT) specify the referent as “your wife.” |
| (0.43) | (Hos 3:2) | 1 tc The LXX reads, “a homer of barley and a measure of wine,” a reading followed by some English translations (e.g., NRSV, NLT). |
| (0.43) | (Hos 1:1) | 3 sn Joash is a variation of the name Jehoash. Some English versions use “Jehoash” here (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT). |
| (0.43) | (Dan 3:7) | 2 tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew MSS, some LXX MSS, and the Vulgate (cf. vv. 5, 10, 15). |
| (0.43) | (Eze 47:19) | 1 tn Or “valley.” The syntax is difficult. Some translate “to the river,” others “from the river”; in either case the preposition is supplied for the sake of English. |
| (0.43) | (Eze 17:21) | 1 tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhayv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharayv). |
| (0.43) | (Eze 16:21) | 1 tn Heb “and you gave them, by passing them through to them.” Some believe this alludes to the pagan practice of making children pass through the fire. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 38:14) | 1 tn The words “Some time later” are not in the text but are a way of translating the conjunction “And” or “Then” that introduces this narrative. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 13:21) | 2 tn The words “The Lord” are not in the text. Some commentators make the enemy the subject, but they are spoken of as “them.” |
| (0.43) | (Jer 11:19) | 3 sn The word fruit refers contextually here to the prophecies that Jeremiah was giving, not (as some suppose) to his progeny. Jeremiah was not married and had no children. |
