Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Hag 1:3) | 1 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 1 and the note there. |
| (0.50) | (Zep 3:2) | 3 tn Heb “draw near to.” The translation assumes that the expression “draw near to” refers to seeking God’s will (see 1 Sam 14:36). |
| (0.50) | (Zep 1:9) | 3 tn Heb “who fill…with violence and deceit.” The expression “violence and deceit” refers metonymically to the wealth taken by oppressive measures. |
| (0.50) | (Nah 2:2) | 6 tn Heb “their vine-branches.” The term “vine-branches” is a figurative expression (synecdoche of part for the whole) representing the agricultural fields as a whole. |
| (0.50) | (Jon 4:9) | 1 tn Heb “Does it burn so thoroughly to you?”; or “Does it burn rightly to you?” See note on this expression in v. 4. |
| (0.50) | (Jon 2:9) | 3 tn The verbs translated “I will sacrifice” and “I will pay” are Hebrew cohortatives, expressing Jonah’s resolve and firm intention. |
| (0.50) | (Jon 2:4) | 4 tn Heb “Will I ever see your holy temple again?” The rhetorical question expresses denial: Jonah despaired of ever seeing the temple again. |
| (0.50) | (Oba 1:12) | 2 tn The Hebrew expression “to look upon” often has the sense of “to feast the eyes upon” or “to gloat over” (cf. v. 13). |
| (0.50) | (Oba 1:9) | 2 tn The Hebrew word used here (לְמַעַן, lemaʿan) usually expresses purpose. The sense in this context, however, is more likely that of result. |
| (0.50) | (Amo 5:17) | 1 sn The expression pass through your midst alludes to Exod 12:12, where the Lord announced he would “pass through” Egypt and bring death to the Egyptian firstborn. |
| (0.50) | (Amo 3:10) | 2 tn Heb “violence and destruction.” The expression “violence and destruction” stand metonymically for the goods the oppressors have accumulated by their unjust actions. |
| (0.50) | (Amo 2:4) | 6 tn Heb “after which their fathers walked.” The expression “to walk after” is an idiom meaning “to be loyal to.” See S. M. Paul, Amos (Hermeneia), 75-76. |
| (0.50) | (Amo 1:8) | 2 tn Heb “the one who sits.” Some translations take this expression as a collective singular referring to the inhabitants rather than the ruler (e.g., NAB, NRSV, NLT). |
| (0.50) | (Dan 9:19) | 1 tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v. 18. |
| (0.50) | (Dan 9:10) | 1 tn Heb “paid attention to the voice of,” which is an idiomatic expression for obedience (cf. NASB “nor have we obeyed the voice of”). |
| (0.50) | (Dan 7:2) | 4 sn The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural. |
| (0.50) | (Dan 6:12) | 1 tc The MT also has “about the edict of the king,” but this phrase is absent in the LXX and the Syriac. The present translation deletes the expression. |
| (0.50) | (Eze 32:25) | 1 tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24). |
| (0.50) | (Eze 32:26) | 1 tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24). |
| (0.50) | (Eze 30:21) | 1 sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Pss 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25). |
