Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Mar 13:9) | 1 tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit. |
| (0.30) | (Mar 12:3) | 5 sn The slaves being sent empty-handed suggests that the vineyard was not producing any fruit—and thus neither was the nation of Israel. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 26:51) | 2 tn Grk “extending his hand, drew out his sword, and struck.” Because rapid motion is implied in the circumstances, the translation “grabbed” was used. |
| (0.30) | (Hag 1:3) | 1 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 1 and the note there. |
| (0.30) | (Hab 2:16) | 4 sn The Lord’s right hand represents his military power. He will force the Babylonians to experience the same humiliating defeat they inflicted on others. |
| (0.30) | (Hab 1:4) | 1 tn Heb “the law is numb,” i.e., like a hand that has “fallen asleep” (see Ps 77:2). Cf. NAB “is benumbed”; NIV “is paralyzed.” |
| (0.30) | (Joe 3:14) | 1 sn The decision referred to here is not a response on the part of the crowd but the verdict handed out by the divine judge. |
| (0.30) | (Dan 10:16) | 2 tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read: “something that looked like a man’s hand.” |
| (0.30) | (Dan 1:2) | 3 tn Heb “hand,” which is often used idiomatically for one’s power and authority. See BDB 390 s.v. יָד 2. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 21:31) | 1 sn The imagery of blowing on the sword with fire and putting it in the hands of skillful men can evoke the work of smithies. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 51:25) | 3 tn Heb “I will reach out my hand against you.” See the translator’s note on 6:12 for explanation. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 50:43) | 1 tn Heb “his hands will drop/hang limp.” For the meaning of this idiom see the translator’s note on 6:24. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 50:1) | 2 tn Heb “The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.” |
| (0.30) | (Jer 36:14) | 3 tn Heb “So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and went to them.” The clause order has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 34:21) | 1 tn Heb “And Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives and into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon that has gone up from against them.” The last two “and into the hand” phrases are each giving further explication of “their enemies” (the conjunction is explicative [cf. BDB 252 s.v. וְ 1.b]). The sentence has been broken down into shorter English sentences in conformity with contemporary English style. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 30:6) | 2 tn Heb “with their hands on their loins.” The word rendered “loins” refers to the area between the ribs and the thighs. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 62:8) | 1 tn The Lord’s right hand and strong arm here symbolize his power and remind the audience that his might guarantees the fulfillment of the following promise. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 56:5) | 1 tn Heb “a hand and a name.” For other examples where יָד (yad) refers to a monument, see HALOT 388 s.v. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 36:18) | 1 tn Heb “Have the gods of the nations rescued, each his land, from the hand of the king of Assyria?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not!” |
| (0.30) | (Isa 25:10) | 1 tn Heb “for the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain”; TEV “will protect Mount Zion”; NCV “will protect (rest on NLT) Jerusalem.” |
