Discovery Box| (0.40) | (2Ki 2:9) | 2 tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.” |
| (0.40) | (Gen 43:34) | 1 tn Heb “and he lifted up portions from before his face to them.” |
| (0.35) | (Amo 4:7) | 2 tn Heb “portion”; cf. KJV, ASV “piece,” NASB “part.” The same word occurs a second time later in this verse. |
| (0.35) | (Isa 17:14) | 3 tn Heb “this is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who loot us.” |
| (0.35) | (Psa 142:5) | 1 tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel. |
| (0.35) | (Neh 11:1) | 2 tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion. |
| (0.35) | (Jos 12:7) | 1 tn Heb “Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotted portions.” |
| (0.35) | (Jos 11:23) | 3 tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.” |
| (0.35) | (Lev 24:8) | 3 tn The word “portion” is supplied in the translation here for clarity, to specify what “this” refers to. |
| (0.35) | (Lev 6:15) | 5 tn Heb “and he shall offer up in smoke [on] the altar a soothing aroma, its memorial portion, to the Lord.” |
| (0.35) | (Lev 5:13) | 4 tn Heb “and it”; the referent (the remaining portion of the offering) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 31:14) | 1 tn The two nouns may form a hendiadys, meaning “a share in the inheritance” or “a portion to inherit.” |
| (0.30) | (Isa 40:2) | 5 tn Heb “for she has received from the hand of the Lord double.” The principle of the double portion in punishment is also seen in Jer 16:18; 17:18 and Rev 18:6. For examples of the double portion in Israelite law, see Exod 22:4, 7, 9 (double restitution by a thief) and Deut 21:17 (double inheritance portion for the firstborn). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 10:27) | 4 tn This portion of the reply is a quotation from Lev 19:18. The verb is repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 61:7) | 2 tn Heb “and [instead of] humiliation they will rejoice [over] their portion.” The term תַחַת (takhat, “instead of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 57:6) | 1 tn Heb “among the smooth stones of the stream [is] your portion, they, they [are] your lot.” The next line indicates idols are in view. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 119:57) | 1 tn Heb “my portion [is] the Lord.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel (see Ps 16:5). |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 7:7) | 2 tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifice, the grain offering, and the fat portions.” Because this is redundant, the translation employs a summary phrase: “all these offerings.” |
| (0.30) | (Jos 14:4) | 1 tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.” |
| (0.30) | (Num 10:11) | 2 tc Smr inserts a lengthy portion from Deut 1:6-8, expressing the command for Israel to take the land from the Amorites. |
