Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Psa 85:8) | 1 sn I will listen. Having asked for the Lord’s favor, the psalmist (who here represents the nation) anticipates a divine word of assurance. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 34:11) | 1 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord I will teach you.” In vv. 13-14 the psalmist explains to his audience what it means to “fear” the Lord. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 25:10) | 1 tn Heb “all the paths of the Lord are faithful and trustworthy.” The Lord’s “paths” refer here to his characteristic actions. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 24:10) | 1 tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts,” a title which here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 22:31) | 1 tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 19:9) | 3 sn Trustworthy and absolutely just. The Lord’s commands accurately reflect God’s moral will for his people and are an expression of his just character. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 15:4) | 2 tn Heb “those who fear the Lord.” The one who fears the Lord respects his sovereignty and obeys his commandments. See Ps 128:1; Prov 14:2. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 2:7) | 1 tn The words “the king says” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The speaker is the Lord’s chosen king. |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 21:12) | 3 tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the territory of Israel.” |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 11:9) | 1 tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the Lord of Heaven’s Armies [traditionally, Lord of hosts] was with him.” |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 2:3) | 2 tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].” |
| (0.42) | (2Ki 25:13) | 1 tn Heb “the bronze pillars that were in the Lord’s house and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the Lord’s house the Babylonians broke.” |
| (0.42) | (2Ki 19:25) | 2 tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s amazement that anyone might be ignorant of what he is about to say. |
| (0.42) | (1Ki 18:3) | 1 tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority. |
| (0.42) | (1Ki 8:59) | 1 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.” |
| (0.42) | (1Ki 8:13) | 1 tn The words “O Lord” do not appear in the original text, but they are supplied for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point. |
| (0.42) | (1Sa 2:21) | 4 tc The MT reads “with the Lord.” The LXX and 4QSama read “before the Lord.” The Hebrew phrasing “with (עִם; ʾim) the Lord” or “with God” is uncommon and varies in significance. The preposition indicates generally that the action in the verb is done in association with the preposition’s object. From context we understand that Samuel’s religious duties are specially in the Lord’s presence, hence the NAB and TEV “in the service of the Lord”; or the CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.” The NIV, NRSV, and NLT follow the LXX “in the presence of the Lord.” |
| (0.42) | (1Sa 2:9) | 4 tn Heb “For not by strength a person prevails.” Since the Lord’s strength is apparent in the context, the translation adds “one’s own” for clarity. |
| (0.42) | (Jdg 6:24) | 1 tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.” |
| (0.42) | (Jdg 5:23) | 4 tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.” |
