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Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Pro 25:15) | 2 tn The two imperfect verbs in this line may be nuanced as potential imperfects because what is described could happen, but does not do so as a rule. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 24:21) | 1 tn Heb “my son,” but there is no indication in the immediate context that this should be limited only to male children. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 24:12) | 1 tn Heb “Will he not?” The verb is an imperfect stative and so should be understood as future or modal. Likewise the verb in the next line. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 23:8) | 1 sn Eating and drinking with a selfish miser would be irritating and disgusting. The line is hyperbolic; the whole experience turns the stomach. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:19) | 2 tn The verb הוֹדַעְתִּי (hodaʿti; from יָדַע, yadaʿ) is a Hiphil perfect form. The Hiphil is factitive “to make know,” i.e., “to inform.” The Hebrew perfect should be understood either as perfective “I have informed you” or performative “I hereby inform you.” Either is appropriate for “today” since the thirty sayings it refers to have been written down (v. 20), but it appears to be part of introducing the sayings rather than a recap. However if the “thirty [sayings]” mentioned in v. 20 should be understood as the word “day before yesterday” then the perfective translation should be preferred. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:18) | 4 sn If the teachings are preserved in the heart/mind of the disciple, then that individual will always be ready to speak what was retained. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:19) | 1 tn The form לִהְיוֹת (liheyot, “to be”) is the infinitive construct indicating the purpose (or result) of the teaching (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:1) | 1 tn Heb “a name.” The idea of the name being “good” is implied; it has the connotation here of a reputation (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:1) | 2 tn “To be chosen rather than” is a translation of the Niphal participle with the comparative degree taken into consideration. Cf. CEV “worth much more than.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:25) | 1 sn It would be a “snare” because it would lead people into financial difficulties; Leviticus 27 talks about foolish or rash vows. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:18) | 1 tn The noun form is plural, but the verb is singular, suggesting either an abstract plural or a collective plural is being used here. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:20) | 2 sn For the lamp to be extinguished would mean death (e.g., 13:9) and possibly also the removal of posterity (R. N. Whybray, Proverbs [CBC], 115). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:13) | 2 tn The second line uses two imperatives in a sequence (without the vav [ו]): “open your eyes” and then (or, in order that) you will “be satisfied.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 19:29) | 2 tn The verb is a Niphal perfect of כוּן (kun) and may be past, as in “have been prepared,” or focused on the resulting state, as in “are ready.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 19:21) | 4 sn The point of the proverb is that the human being with many plans is uncertain, but the Lord with a sure plan gives correct counsel. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 19:19) | 1 sn The Hebrew word means “indemnity, fine”; this suggests that the trouble could be legal, and the angry person has to pay for it. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 19:3) | 2 sn J. H. Greenstone comments: “Man’s own failures are the result of his own folly and should not be attributed to God” (Proverbs, 201). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 18:5) | 3 tn Or “the guilty,” since in the second colon “righteous” can also be understood in contrast as “innocent” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 17:21) | 4 sn Parents of fools, who had hoped for children who would be a credit to the family, find only bitter disappointment (cf. TEV “nothing but sadness and sorrow”). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 17:3) | 3 sn The term כּוּר (kur) describes a “furnace” or “smelting pot.” It can be used figuratively for the beneficial side of affliction (Isa 48:10). |
