Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Pro 23:11) | 1 tn The participle גֹּאֵל (goʾel) describes a “kinsman redeemer.” Some English versions explicitly cite “God” (e.g., NCV, CEV) or “the Lord” (e.g. TEV). |
| (0.43) | (Pro 11:5) | 2 sn The wicked may think that they can make their way through life easier by their wickedness, but instead it will at some point bring them down. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 9:5) | 1 tn The construction features a cognate accusative (verb and noun from same root). The preposition ב (bet) has the partitive use “some” (GKC 380 §119.m). |
| (0.43) | (Pro 6:5) | 2 tc Heb “hand” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV). Some mss and versions have it as “trap,” which may very well represent an interpretation too. |
| (0.43) | (Psa 144:13) | 2 tn Heb “from kind to kind.” Some prefer to emend the text to מָזוֹן עַל מָזוֹן (mazon ʿal mazon, “food upon food”). |
| (0.43) | (Psa 106:37) | 1 tn The Hebrew term שֵׁדִים (shedim, “demons”) occurs only here and in Deut 32:17. Some type of lesser deity is probably in view. |
| (0.43) | (Psa 106:27) | 2 tn Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. NRSV “disperse”). |
| (0.43) | (Psa 68:23) | 1 tc Some (e.g. NRSV) prefer to emend מָחַץ (makhats, “smash; stomp”; see v. 21) to רָחַץ (rakhats, “bathe”; see Ps 58:10). |
| (0.43) | (Psa 7:7) | 1 tn Heb “and the assembly of the peoples surrounds you.” Some understand the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may the assembly of the peoples surround you.” |
| (0.43) | (Psa 3:2) | 2 sn The function of the Hebrew term סֶלָה (selah), transliterated here “Selah,” is uncertain. It may be a musical direction of some kind. |
| (0.43) | (Job 41:13) | 1 tn Heb “the face of his garment,” referring to the outer garment or covering. Some take it to be the front as opposed to the back. |
| (0.43) | (Job 38:34) | 1 tc The LXX has “answer you,” and some editors have adopted this. However, the reading of the MT makes better sense in the verse. |
| (0.43) | (Job 33:4) | 1 tc Some commentators want to put this verse after v. 6, while others omit the verse entirely. Elihu is claiming here that he is inspired by God. |
| (0.43) | (Job 32:1) | 3 tc The LXX, Syriac, and Symmachus have “in their eyes.” This is adopted by some commentators, but it does not fit the argument. |
| (0.43) | (Job 31:33) | 2 sn Some commentators suggest taking the meaning here to be “as Adam,” referring to the Paradise story of the sin and denial. |
| (0.43) | (Job 30:30) | 1 tn The MT has “become dark from upon me,” prompting some editions to supply the verb “falls from me” (RSV, NRSV), or “peels” (NIV). |
| (0.43) | (Job 28:6) | 1 sn The modern stone known as sapphire is thought not to have been used until Roman times, and so some other stone is probably meant here, perhaps lapis lazuli. |
| (0.43) | (Job 24:16) | 2 tc This is not the idea of the adulterer, but of the thief. So some commentators reverse the order and put this verse after v. 14. |
| (0.43) | (Job 22:2) | 1 tn Some do not take this to be parallel to the first colon, taking this line as a statement, but the parallel expressions here suggest the question is repeated. |
| (0.43) | (Job 13:28) | 1 tn Heb “and he.” Some of the commentators move the verse and put it after Job 14:2, 3 or 6. |
