² tn Heb “I will not show…so as not to destroy them.”

¹ tn Or “lift myself up” (KJV); NLT “show my power and might.”

² tn The term חוֹנֵן (khonen, “someone who shows favor”) is the active participle.

¹ tn Heb “to recognize faces”; KJV, ASV “to have respect of persons”; NLT “to show favoritism.”

² sn The parallelism shows what Proverbs will repeatedly stress, that the wise person is the righteous person.

³ tn The verb חָמַל (khamal) means “to show mercy; to show compassion; to show pity,” usually with the outcome of sparing or delivering someone. The idea here is that the husband will not spare the guilty man any of the punishment (cf. NRSV “he shows no restraint”).

¹ tn “But” is supplied to show the contrast between this verse and the preceding line.

³ tn Or “showed him a sullen face.” See HALOT 1251 s.v. רַע, רָע 9.

² tn Heb “there was not a thing that I did not show them.”

⁵ tn The vav here shows the result or the purpose of the instructions given.

⁵ tn The verb “to show grief” is נוּד (nud), and literally signifies “to shake the head.” It may be that his friends came to show the proper sympathy and express the appropriate feelings. They were not ready for what they found.

¹ tn Here “And” has been supplied in the translation to show clearly the connection between vv. 1 and 2.

² tn Grk “were attested,” “received commendation”; and Heb 11:4-6 shows this to be from God.

² tn This verb, σωφρονίζω (sōphronizō), denotes teaching in the sense of bringing people to their senses, showing what sound thinking is.

² tn Grk “through many witnesses.” The “through” is used here to show attendant circumstances: “accompanied by,” “in the presence of.”

² tn Grk “because of (the) conscience,” but the English possessive “your” helps to show whose conscience the context implies.

² tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

² sn They left. See 1 Thess 3:1-2, which shows they went from here to Thessalonica.

¹ sn The noting of the detail of the locale, ironically called ‘Straight’ Street, shows how directive and specific the Lord was.

² sn In the name of Jesus Christ. Baptism in Messiah Jesus’ name shows how much authority he possesses.