Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Pro 31:25) | 5 tn Heb “day.” This word is a metonymy of subject meaning any events that take place on the day or in the time to come. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 31:5) | 3 sn The word is דִּין (din, “judgment”; so KJV). In this passage it refers to the cause or the plea for justice, i.e., the “legal rights.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 29:10) | 2 sn The Hebrew word describes the “blameless” or “innocent” who maintain integrity. The bloodthirsty despise people who insist on decency and integrity. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 27:12) | 3 tn Heb “passed by”; the word “right” is supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning: The naive person, oblivious to impending danger, meets it head on. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:24) | 3 sn Hypocritical words may hide a wicked heart. The proverb makes an observation: One who in reality despises other people will often disguise that with what he says. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:23) | 2 tn The word translated “fervent” actually means “burning, glowing”; the LXX has “flattering lips” (as if from חָלַק [khalaq] rather than דָּלַק [dalaq]). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:8) | 1 tn The translation “like tying a stone in a sling” seems to make the most sense, even though the word for “sling” occurs only here. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:2) | 1 tn Heb “causeless curse” (KJV similar) describes an undeserved curse (cf. NIV, NRSV). The Hebrew word translated “causeless” is the adverb from חָנַן (khanan); it means “without cause; gratuitous.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:29) | 2 sn The word translated “skilled” is general enough to apply to any craft, but it may refer to a scribe or an official (R. N. Whybray, Proverbs [CBC], 134). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 22:18) | 2 tn Heb “keep them,” referring to the words of the wise expressed in these sayings. The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 21:22) | 2 tn Heb “the strength of its confidence” or “its trusted strength.” The word “strength” may refer by metonymy to the place of strength, i.e., “the stronghold.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 21:1) | 2 sn “Hand” in this passage is a personification; the word is frequently used idiomatically for “power,” and that is the sense intended here. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 19:25) | 3 sn The word is related to “shrewdness” (cf. 1:4). The simpleton will learn at least where the traps are and how to avoid them. |
| (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 17:14) | 2 tc The LXX has “Giving authority to words is the beginning of strife.” This would make it a warning against thoughtless talk. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 17:12) | 3 tn The words “to meet” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied by the parallelism and are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 16:12) | 2 tn The “throne” represents the administration, or the decisions made from the throne by the king, and so the word is a metonymy of adjunct (cf. NLT “his rule”). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 16:1) | 1 sn Humans may set things in order, plan out what they are going to say, but God sovereignly enables them to put their thoughts into words. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 15:26) | 3 tn The word רַע (raʿ, “evil, wicked”) is a genitive of source or subjective genitive, meaning the plans that the wicked devise—“wicked plans.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 12:13) | 1 tn Heb “snare of a man.” The word “snare” is the figurative meaning of the noun מוֹקֵשׁ (“bait; lure” from יָקַשׁ [yaqash, “to lay a bait, or lure”]). |
