Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Isa 22:18) | 1 tn Heb “and he will tightly [or “surely”] wind you [with] winding like a ball, to a land broad of hands [i.e., “sides”].” |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 2:24) | 7 sn The phrase “from the hand of God” is an anthropomorphism (depicting God, who is an invisible spirit, in the form of man with hands) or anthropopatheia (depicting God performing human-like actions). The “hand of God” is a figure often used to portray God’s sovereign providence and benevolence (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 878). The phrase “the hand of God” is often used to connote the favor or grace of God (2 Chr 30:12; Ezra 7:9; 8:18; Neh 2:8, 18; see BDB 390 s.v. יָד 1.e.2). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 21:1) | 2 sn “Hand” in this passage is a personification; the word is frequently used idiomatically for “power,” and that is the sense intended here. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 10:4) | 4 tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hiphil verb is used in a causative sense; literally, “the hand of the diligent makes rich.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 6:5) | 2 tc Heb “hand” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV). Some mss and versions have it as “trap,” which may very well represent an interpretation too. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 89:13) | 2 tn Heb “is lifted up.” The idiom “the right hand is lifted up” refers to victorious military deeds (see Pss 89:42; 118:16). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 78:61) | 2 tn Heb “and his splendor into the hand of an enemy.” The expression “his splendor” also refers metonymically to the ark of the covenant. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 39:1) | 1 sn Psalm 39. The psalmist laments his frailty and mortality as he begs the Lord to take pity on him and remove his disciplinary hand. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 36:11) | 1 tn Heb “let not a foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the evil ones cause me to wander as a fugitive.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 19:1) | 3 tn Heb “and the work of his hands the sky declares.” The participles emphasize the ongoing testimony of the heavens/sky. |
| (0.30) | (Job 37:7) | 1 tn Heb “by the hand of every man he seals.” This line is intended to mean that with the heavy rains God suspends all agricultural activity. |
| (0.30) | (Job 23:9) | 1 sn The text has “the left hand,” the Semitic idiom for directions. One faces the rising sun, and so left is north, right is south. |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:12) | 4 tn The Hebrew word order emphatically holds out Job’s person as the exception: “only upon him do not stretch forth your hand.” |
| (0.30) | (Neh 6:9) | 2 tn The statement “So now, strengthen my hands” is frequently understood as an implied prayer, but is taken differently by NAB (“But instead, I now redoubled my efforts”). |
| (0.30) | (Ezr 8:31) | 1 tn Heb “from the hand of the enemy and the one who lies in wait.” Some modern English versions render the latter phrase as “ambushes” (cf. NASB, NRSV). |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 36:15) | 2 tn Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 25:20) | 2 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 24:24) | 1 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 21:10) | 2 tn Or “from Jehoram’s control”; Heb “from under his hand.” The pronominal suffix may refer to Judah in general or, more specifically, to Jehoram. |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 13:9) | 2 tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull, a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.” |
