Discovery Box| (0.02) | (Job 3:6) | 1 tn The verb is simply לָקַח (laqakh, “to take”). Here it conveys a strong sense of seizing something and not letting it go. |
| (0.02) | (Job 2:6) | 1 tn The particle הִנּוֹ (hinno) is literally, “here he is!” God presents Job to Satan, with the restriction on preserving Job’s life. |
| (0.02) | (Job 2:3) | 2 tn This is the same word used to describe Job as “blameless, pure.” Here it carries the idea of “integrity”; Job remained blameless, perfect. |
| (0.02) | (Job 1:10) | 1 tn The use of the independent personal pronoun here emphasizes the subject of the verb: “Have you not put up a hedge.” |
| (0.02) | (Job 1:7) | 4 tn The verb שׁוּט (shut) means “to go or rove about” (BDB 1001-2 s.v.). Here the infinitive construct serves as the object of the preposition. |
| (0.02) | (Job 1:5) | 7 tn The clause stands as an accusative to the verb, here as the direct object introduced with “perhaps” (IBHS 645-46 §38.8d). |
| (0.02) | (Job 1:3) | 1 tn The word means “cattle, livestock, possessions” (see also Gen 26:14). Here it includes the livestock, but also the entire substance of his household. |
| (0.02) | (Est 8:4) | 1 tn Heb “Esther.” The pronoun (“she”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name is redundant here in terms of contemporary English style. |
| (0.02) | (Est 7:7) | 1 sn There is great irony here in that the man who set out to destroy all the Jews now finds himself begging for his own life from a Jew. |
| (0.02) | (Est 4:13) | 1 tn Heb “Mordecai.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style. |
| (0.02) | (Est 4:1) | 1 tn Heb “Mordecai.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style. |
| (0.02) | (Est 1:10) | 2 tn Heb “King Ahasuerus”; here the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons. Cf. similarly NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT “King Xerxes.” |
| (0.02) | (Est 1:5) | 2 tc The LXX has ἕξ (hex, “six”) instead of “seven.” Virtually all English versions follow the reading of the MT here, “seven.” |
| (0.02) | (Neh 9:30) | 1 tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.02) | (Neh 8:9) | 1 tc The unexpected reference to Nehemiah here has led some scholars to suspect that the phrase “Nehemiah the governor” is a later addition to the text and not original. |
| (0.02) | (Neh 8:3) | 2 tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT). |
| (0.02) | (Neh 7:73) | 2 tn The traditional understanding of the chapter and verse division here is probably incorrect. The final part of v. 73 is best understood as belonging with 8:1. |
| (0.02) | (Neh 6:9) | 1 tn The participle has a desiderative nuance here, describing the desire of the subject and not necessarily the actual outcome. See also v. 14. |
| (0.02) | (Ezr 9:5) | 1 tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting. |
| (0.02) | (Ezr 7:1) | 2 tn The words “came up from Babylon” do not appear in the Hebrew text until v. 6. They have been supplied here for the sake of clarity. |
