Discovery Box| (0.58) | (Gen 15:2) | 2 tn The vav (ו) disjunctive at the beginning of the clause is circumstantial, expressing the cause or reason. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 11:9) | 1 tn The verb has no expressed subject and so can be rendered as a passive in the translation. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 7:4) | 2 tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future. |
| (0.58) | (Num 11:4) | 5 tn The Hebrew expresses the strong wish or longing idiomatically: “Who will give us flesh to eat?” It is a rhetorical expression not intended to be taken literally, but merely to give expression to the longing they had. See GKC 476 §151.a.1. |
| (0.51) | (Job 12:1) | 1 sn This long speech of Job falls into three parts: in 12:2-25 Job expresses his resentment at his friends’ attitude of superiority and acknowledges the wisdom of God; then, in 13:1-28 Job expresses his determination to reason with God, expresses his scorn for his friends’ advice, and demands to know what his sins are; and finally, in 14:1-22 Job laments the brevity of life and the finality of death. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 7:14) | 2 tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 8:4) | 2 tn The expression τῶν θυμιαμάτων (tōn thumiamatōn) is taken as a “genitive of producer,” i.e., the noun in the genitive produces the head noun. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 3:14) | 3 sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 3:1) | 3 sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 2:18) | 3 sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 3:7) | 3 sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 2:14) | 3 tn Grk “sons,” but the expression υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ (huioi Israēl) is an idiom for the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (see L&N 11.58). |
| (0.50) | (Rev 2:12) | 3 sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1. |
| (0.50) | (Rev 2:8) | 3 sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1. |
| (0.50) | (Jud 1:6) | 6 tn The words “locked up” are not in Greek, but are expressed in English as a resumptive point after the double prepositional phrase (“in eternal chains in utter darkness”). |
| (0.50) | (1Pe 4:6) | 3 tn Grk “so that they may be judged…but may live.” Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English. |
| (0.50) | (Heb 11:39) | 1 sn The expression these all were commended forms an inclusio with Heb 11:2: The chapter begins and ends with references to commendation for faith. |
| (0.50) | (Heb 1:4) | 2 sn This comparison is somewhat awkward to express in English, but it reflects an important element in the argument of Hebrews: the superiority of Jesus Christ. |
| (0.50) | (Tit 3:4) | 1 tn Verses 4-7 are set as poetry in NA28. These verses probably constitute the referent of the expression “this saying” in v. 8. |
| (0.50) | (Col 1:11) | 1 tn The expression “for the display of” is an attempt to convey in English the force of the Greek preposition εἰς (eis) in this context. |
