(0.30) | (Hab 2:1) | 1 sn Habakkuk compares himself to a watchman stationed on the city wall who keeps his eyes open for approaching messengers or danger. |
(0.30) | (Jon 4:9) | 1 tn Heb “Does it burn so thoroughly to you?”; or “Does it burn rightly to you?” See note on this expression in v. 4. |
(0.30) | (Jon 1:12) | 2 sn Heb “on my account.” Jonah and the sailors appear to show dialectical sensitivity to each other in how they say this. See the note at v. 8. |
(0.30) | (Jon 1:3) | 13 tn Heb “away from the presence of the Lord.” See note on the phrase “from the commission of the Lord” in v. 3a. |
(0.30) | (Oba 1:19) | 7 sn Gilead is a mountainous region on the eastern side of the Jordan River in what is today the country of Jordan. |
(0.30) | (Oba 1:21) | 2 tn Heb “to judge.” In this context the term does not mean “to render judgment on,” but “to rule over” (cf. NAB “to rule,” NIV “to govern”). |
(0.30) | (Oba 1:3) | 3 tn Heb “on high (is) his dwelling”; cf. NASB “in the loftiness of your dwelling place,” NRSV “whose dwelling (NAB “abode”) is in the heights.” |
(0.30) | (Amo 7:12) | 1 tn Traditionally, “seer.” The word is a synonym for “prophet,” though it may carry a derogatory tone on the lips of Amaziah. |
(0.30) | (Amo 6:1) | 1 tn On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18. |
(0.30) | (Amo 5:6) | 5 tn Heb “to/for Bethel.” The translation assumes that the preposition indicates advantage, “on behalf of.” Another option is to take the preposition as vocative, “O Bethel.” |
(0.30) | (Joe 3:14) | 1 sn The decision referred to here is not a response on the part of the crowd but the verdict handed out by the divine judge. |
(0.30) | (Joe 3:4) | 3 tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation. |
(0.30) | (Hos 11:7) | 2 tn The first person common singular suffix on the noun מְשׁוּבָתִי (meshuvati; literally, “turning of me”) functions as an objective genitive: “turning away from me.” |
(0.30) | (Hos 2:20) | 1 tn The vav consecutive on the suffix conjugation verb וְיָדַעַתְּ (veyadaʿat, “then you will know”) introduces a result clause (cf. NASB, CEV). |
(0.30) | (Hos 1:9) | 3 tn The pronominal suffix on the preposition לָכֶם (lakhem, “your”) is a plural form, referring to the people of Israel as a whole. |
(0.30) | (Dan 9:19) | 1 tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v. 18. |
(0.30) | (Eze 38:17) | 2 tn The Hebrew text adds “years” here, but this is probably a scribal gloss on the preceding phrase. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:201. |
(0.30) | (Eze 22:9) | 2 tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6. |
(0.30) | (Eze 21:31) | 1 sn The imagery of blowing on the sword with fire and putting it in the hands of skillful men can evoke the work of smithies. |
(0.30) | (Eze 21:23) | 2 sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13). |