Discovery Box| (0.60) | (Dan 3:1) | 3 sn According to a number of patristic authors, the image represented a deification of Nebuchadnezzar himself. This is not clear from the biblical text, however. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 51:9) | 2 tn Heb “Leave/abandon her.” However, it is smoother in the English translation to make this verb equivalent to the cohortative that follows. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 33:10) | 2 tn Heb “You.” However, the pronoun is plural as in 32:36, 43. See the translator’s note on 32:36. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 32:28) | 1 tn Heb “Thus says the Lord.” However, the speech has already been introduced as first person, so the first person style has been retained for smoother narrative style. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 23:30) | 2 tn Heb “who are stealing my words from one another.” However, context shows it is their own word that they claim is from the Lord (cf. next verse). |
| (0.60) | (Jer 19:5) | 1 tn The word “here” is not in the text. However, it is implicit from the rest of the context. It is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 16:21) | 1 tn The words “The Lord said” are not in the text. However, it is obvious that he is the speaker. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 11:5) | 2 tn Heb “‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as at this day.” However, the literal reading is too elliptical and would lead to confusion. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 11:6) | 1 tn Heb “the terms of this covenant.” However, this was a separate message, and the ambiguity of “this” could still cause some confusion. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 11:7) | 1 tn Heb “warned them…saying, ‘Obey me.’” However, it allows the long sentence to be broken up easier if the indirect quote is used. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 9:5) | 1 tn Heb “their tongues.” However, this is probably not a natural idiom in contemporary English, and the tongue may stand as a part for the whole anyway. |
| (0.60) | (Jer 9:2) | 3 tn Heb “they are all adulterers, a congregation of unfaithful people.” However, spiritual adultery is, of course, meant, not literal adultery. So the literal translation would be misleading. |
| (0.60) | (Isa 57:14) | 1 tn Since God is speaking throughout this context, perhaps we should emend the text to “and I say.” However, divine speech is introduced in v. 15. |
| (0.60) | (Isa 27:3) | 1 tn Heb “her.” Apparently “vineyard” is the antecedent, though normally this noun is understood as masculine (see Lev 25:3, however). |
| (0.60) | (Isa 12:6) | 2 tn Or “is great” (TEV). However, the context emphasizes his mighty acts of deliverance (cf. NCV), not some general or vague character quality. |
| (0.60) | (Pro 23:9) | 1 sn The mention of “the ears” emphasizes the concerted effort to get the person’s undivided attention. However, a fool rejects instruction and discipline. |
| (0.60) | (Pro 15:12) | 3 tc The MT has אֶל (ʾel, “to [the wise]”), suggesting seeking the advice of the wise. The LXX, however, has “with the wise,” suggesting אֶת (ʾet). |
| (0.60) | (Pro 12:5) | 2 sn The plans of good people are directed toward what is right. Advice from the wicked, however, is deceitful and can only lead to trouble. |
| (0.60) | (Job 38:34) | 1 tc The LXX has “answer you,” and some editors have adopted this. However, the reading of the MT makes better sense in the verse. |
| (0.60) | (Job 38:30) | 1 tn Several suggest that the verb is not from חָבָא (khavaʾ, “to hide”) but from a homonym, “to congeal.” This may be too difficult to support, however. |
