² sn Their own language refers to Aramaic, the primary language spoken in Palestine in Jesus’ day.

² tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”

² tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”

³ tn Heb “the disaster that he had spoken to do to them.”

⁴ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

¹ tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

³ tn The word “spoken” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.

¹ tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.”

² tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

¹ tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

¹ tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

² tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”

³ tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

³ tn Heb “look, the guardian was passing by of whom Boaz had spoken.”

⁵ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”

¹ tn Heb “that which the Lord has spoken to your servants, thus we will do.”

² tn Grk “that everywhere it is spoken against.” To simplify the translation the passive construction “it is spoken against” has been converted to an active one with the subject “people” supplied.

¹ tn The Greek term here is ῥῆμα (rhēma), which often (but not exclusively) focuses on the spoken word.

² tn Grk “what was spoken by the prophet, saying.” The present participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant and has not been translated.

¹ tn Grk “spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying.” The participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant and has not been translated.