Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Joh 3:3) | 3 sn Or born again. The Greek word ἄνωθεν (anōthen) can mean both “again” and “from above,” giving rise to Nicodemus’ misunderstanding about a second physical birth (v. 4). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 24:28) | 1 sn He acted as though he wanted to go farther. This is written in a way that gives the impression Jesus knew they would ask him to stay. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 22:29) | 3 tn Or “I give you the right to rule” (cf. CEV). For this translation of διατίθεμαι βασιλείαν (diatithemai basileian) see L&N 37.105. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 16:4) | 1 tn This is a dramatic use of the aorist and the verse is left unconnected to the previous verse by asyndeton, giving the impression of a sudden realization. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 8:29) | 4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so,” introducing a clause that gives the result of the man being seized by the demon. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 1:77) | 1 sn John’s role, to give his people knowledge of salvation, is similar to that of Jesus (Luke 3:1-14; 5:31-32). |
| (0.30) | (Zep 2:2) | 1 tn Heb “before the giving birth of a decree.” For various alternative readings, see J. J. M. Roberts, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL), 187-88. |
| (0.30) | (Nah 3:9) | 5 tn The noun עֶזְרָה (ʿezrah) means “help, assistance, strength” (HALOT 812, s.v.). Nations named as help would either be allies or vassals responsible to give support. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 6:10) | 3 sn Merchants would use a smaller than standard measure so they could give the customer less than he thought he was paying for. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 5:3) | 5 sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 43:9) | 2 tn The meaning of the expression “mortar of the clay pavement” is uncertain. The noun translated “mortar” occurs only here, and the etymology is debated. Both BDB 572 s.v. מֶלֶט and KBL 529 s.v. מֶלֶט give the meaning “mortar.” The noun translated “clay pavement” is elsewhere used of a “brick mold.” Here BDB 527 s.v. מַלְבֵּן 2 gives “quadrangle,” and KBL 527 s.v. מַלְבֵּן 2 gives “terrace of bricks.” HALOT 558 s.v. מֶלֶט and מַלְבֵּן 2 gives “loamy soil” for both words, seeing the second noun as a dittography or gloss of the first (see also note c in BHS). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 38:22) | 1 tn Heb “And they will say.” The words “taunt you” are supplied in the translation to give the flavor of the words that follow. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 31:40) | 4 tn The words “on the east” and “north” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation to give orientation. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 29:11) | 2 tn Heb “I know the plans that I am planning for you, oracle of the Lord, plans of well-being and not for harm, to give to you….” |
| (0.30) | (Jer 13:21) | 4 tn Heb “Will not pain [here = mental anguish] take hold of you like a woman giving birth.” The question is rhetorical expecting a positive answer. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 9:7) | 2 tn Heb “I will refine/purify them.” The words “in the fires of affliction” are supplied in the translation to give clarity to the metaphor. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 5:29) | 1 sn These words are repeated from 5:9 to give a kind of refrain justifying again the necessity of punishment in the light of such sins. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 4:22) | 2 tn Heb “For….” This gives the explanation for the destruction envisaged in 4:20 to which Jeremiah responds in 4:19, 21. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 3:19) | 2 sn The imagery here appears to be that of treating the wife as an equal heir with the sons and of giving her the best piece of property. |
