¹ tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”

⁴ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”

⁴ tn Heb “voice” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); cf. NIV “my cry.” The term קוֹל (qol, “voice”) functions as a metonymy for the content of what is uttered: cry for help in prayer.

¹ tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (g^eʿarah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.

² sn The verb רָנַן (ranan, “to cry out, give a ringing cry”) always expresses excitement, whether of joyful praise or sorrowful lament (BDB 943 s.v.). Here it is an excited summons.

¹ tn Heb “surely—vanity, he does not hear.” The cry is an empty cry, not a prayer to God. Dhorme translates it, “It is a pure waste of words.”

³ tn The same idea is expressed in Jer 20:8 and Hab 1:2. The cry is a cry for help, that he has been wronged, that there is no justice.

³ sn In this brief section Job indicates that it would be wiser to seek the reason for the crying than to complain of the cry. The wild donkey will bray when it finds no food (see Jer 14:6).

² tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

² tn Grk “For [in the case of] many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out, crying in a loud voice.”

⁴ tn Or “to mourn” (referring to the loud wailing or crying typical of public mourning in that culture).

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the crowd’s cries prevailing.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the beggar’s cries.

² tn Grk “cried out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “crying out and saying.” The participle λέγοντα (legonta) is redundant in English and has not been translated here.

¹ sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).

² tn Grk “he cried out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁶ sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).

³ tn Grk “cried out, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁷ tn The introductory phrase “she cries out” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.