Discovery Box| (0.27) | (Pro 7:19) | 1 tn Heb “the man.” The LXX interpreted it as “my husband,” taking the article to be used as a possessive. Many English versions do the same. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 1:4) | 6 tn Heb “young man” or “youth.” The term sometimes applies to an assistant, or servant, or someone in training for a higher position. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 146:4) | 1 tn Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 140:1) | 2 tn Heb “from a wicked man.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2). |
| (0.27) | (Psa 140:1) | 3 tn Heb “a man of violent acts.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2). |
| (0.27) | (Psa 94:11) | 1 tn Heb “the Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are emptiness.” The psalmist thinks specifically of the “thoughts” expressed in v. 7. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 69:1) | 3 tn The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) here refers to the psalmist’s throat or neck. The psalmist compares himself to a helpless, drowning man. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 62:4) | 2 tn That is, the generic “man” referred to in the previous verse. The words “their victim” have been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 56:4) | 2 tn Heb “flesh,” which refers by metonymy to human beings (see v. 11, where “man” is used in this same question), envisioned here as mortal and powerless before God. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 52:2) | 2 tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (ʿasah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 41:9) | 1 tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7). |
| (0.27) | (Psa 36:7) | 2 tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 31:12) | 1 tn Heb “I am forgotten, like a dead man, from [the] heart.” The “heart” is here viewed as the center of one’s thoughts. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 19:5) | 4 sn Like a strong man. The metaphorical language reflects the brilliance of the sunrise, which attests to the sun’s vigor. |
| (0.27) | (Psa 12:2) | 1 tn Heb “falsehood they speak, a man with his neighbor.” The imperfect verb forms in v. 2 describe what is typical in the psalmist’s experience. |
| (0.27) | (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. |
| (0.27) | (Job 34:11) | 2 tn Heb “he causes it to find him.” The text means that God will cause a man to find (or receive) the consequences of his actions. |
| (0.27) | (Job 32:21) | 1 tn The idiom is “I will not lift up the face of a man.” Elihu is going to show no favoritism, but speak his mind. |
| (0.27) | (Job 22:8) | 2 tn Heb “and a man of arm, to whom [was] land.” The line is in contrast to the preceding one, and so the vav here introduces a concessive clause. |
| (0.27) | (Job 15:34) | 1 tn The LXX renders this line: “for death is the witness of an ungodly man. “Death” represents “barren/sterile,” and “witness” represents “assembly.” |
