Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Gen 14:22) | 1 tn Abram takes an oath, raising his hand as a solemn gesture. The translation understands the perfect tense as having an instantaneous nuance: “Here and now I raise my hand.” |
| (0.35) | (Gen 9:5) | 3 tn Heb “from the hand of,” which means “out of the hand of” or “out of the power of” and is nearly identical in sense to the preposition מִן (min) alone. |
| (0.35) | (Rev 19:2) | 4 tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed). |
| (0.35) | (1Ti 5:22) | 1 tn In context “laying hands on anyone” refers to ordination or official installation of someone as an elder. |
| (0.35) | (1Ti 4:14) | 3 tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders). |
| (0.35) | (2Th 3:17) | 1 tn Grk “The greeting in my hand, Paul, which is a sign in every letter, thus I write.” |
| (0.35) | (Luk 6:10) | 3 tn Grk “him”; the referent (the man with the withered hand) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.35) | (Mar 14:18) | 3 tn Or “will hand me over”; Grk “one of you will betray me, the one who eats with me.” |
| (0.35) | (Mar 14:20) | 1 tn Grk “one who dips with me.” The phrase “his hand” has been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.35) | (Mar 7:3) | 1 tn Grk “except they wash the hands with a fist,” a ceremonial washing (though the actual method is uncertain). |
| (0.35) | (Mat 24:41) | 1 tn According to L&N 46.16, this refers to a hand mill normally operated by two women. |
| (0.35) | (Hab 2:9) | 2 tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.” |
| (0.35) | (Jon 3:8) | 5 tn Heb “that is in their hands.” By speaking of the harm they did as “in their hands,” the king recognized the Ninevites’ personal awareness and immediate responsibility. The term “hands” is either a synecdoche of instrument (e.g., “Is not the hand of Joab in all this?” [2 Sam 14:19]) or a synecdoche of part for the whole. The king’s descriptive figure of speech reinforces their guilt. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 33:22) | 1 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 20:22) | 1 tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 18:17) | 1 tc This translation follows the LXX. The MT reads: “restrains his hand from the poor,” which makes no sense here. |
| (0.35) | (Lam 2:8) | 2 tn Heb “He did not return His hand from swallowing.” That is, he persisted until it was destroyed. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 21:4) | 2 tn Heb “the weapons that are in your hand.” Weapons stands here by substitution for the soldiers who wield them. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 4:31) | 3 tn Heb “spreading out her hands.” The idea of asking or pleading for help is implicit in the figure. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 2:37) | 1 tn Heb “with your hands on your head.” For the picture here see 2 Sam 13:19. |
