Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Isa 54:10) | 1 tn Heb “peace” (so many English versions); NLT “of blessing.” |
| (0.50) | (Isa 30:18) | 2 tn Heb “Blessed are all who wait for him.” |
| (0.50) | (Psa 144:1) | 3 tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.” |
| (0.50) | (Psa 133:3) | 4 tn Heb “there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forever.” |
| (0.50) | (Psa 65:11) | 1 tn Heb “your good,” which refers here to agricultural blessings. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 16:7) | 1 tn Heb “bless,” that is, “proclaim as worthy of praise.” |
| (0.50) | (2Ch 31:8) | 1 tn Heb “they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.” |
| (0.50) | (2Ki 10:15) | 3 tn Heb “and he blessed him and said to him.” |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 7:29) | 2 tn Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.” |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 6:20) | 1 tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.” |
| (0.50) | (Jos 22:6) | 1 tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 27:31) | 3 tn Heb “so that your soul may bless me.” |
| (0.49) | (Psa 65:10) | 5 tn Heb “its vegetation you bless.” Divine “blessing” often involves endowing an object with special power or capacity. |
| (0.49) | (Deu 10:8) | 2 sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26. |
| (0.43) | (Psa 66:20) | 2 tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise. |
| (0.43) | (Gen 49:25) | 4 sn Jacob envisions God imparting both agricultural (blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below) and human fertility (blessings of the breasts and womb) to Joseph and his family. |
| (0.42) | (Heb 6:14) | 1 tn Grk “in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply you,” the Greek form of a Hebrew idiom showing intensity. |
| (0.42) | (Eze 34:26) | 1 tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4). |
| (0.42) | (Pro 13:22) | 1 sn In ancient Israel the idea of leaving an inheritance was a sign of God’s blessing; blessings extended to the righteous and not the sinners. |
| (0.42) | (Pro 11:26) | 3 tn Heb “but a blessing is for the head of the one who sells.” The parallelism with “curse” suggests that בְּרָכָה (berakhah) “blessing” means “praise.” |
