² tn Heb “he saw that there was no man.”

¹ tn Heb “saw Ephraim, the children of the third.”

¹ tn Heb “and I saw in my dream and look.”

¹ tn Heb “and Jacob said when he saw them.”

¹ tn Or “God saw how corrupt the earth was.”

⁴ tn Grk “saw,” but the literal translation of the phrase “saw decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “looked at decay,” while here “saw decay” is really figurative for “experienced decay.” This remark explains why David cannot fulfill the promise.

² tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to what Abraham saw and invites the audience to view the scene through his eyes.

¹ tn Or “I am John, the one who heard and saw these things.”

² tn Grk “that you saw in me and now hear [to be] in me.”

² tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

² tn Or “after they became fully awake,” “but they became fully awake and saw.”

² tn Heb “I fear.” Some prefer to read, “I saw, Lord, what you accomplished” (cf. NEB).

¹ tn Heb “the breaks of the City of David, you saw that they were many.”

² tn Heb “the word which Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.”

¹ tn Heb “and I saw that there is profit for wisdom more than folly.”

² sn The Targum saw here a reference to Balaam and the devastation brought on by the Midianites.

³ tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”

¹ tn Heb “the people saw, and look, [there was] sackcloth against his skin underneath.”

¹ tn Heb “and they saw, and look, [they were] in the middle of Samaria.”

¹ tn Heb “and the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him.”