Discovery Box| (0.50) | (2Ch 30:19) | 1 tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.” |
| (0.50) | (2Ch 20:3) | 1 tn Heb “and he set his face to seek the Lord.” |
| (0.50) | (2Ch 19:3) | 3 tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek God.” |
| (0.50) | (1Ki 20:7) | 2 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.” |
| (0.50) | (1Ki 19:14) | 3 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.” |
| (0.50) | (1Ki 19:10) | 4 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.” |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 3:17) | 2 tn Heb “you were seeking David to be king over you.” |
| (0.50) | (Jdg 14:4) | 2 tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.” |
| (0.49) | (Isa 30:2) | 2 tn Heb “to seek protection in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek refuge in the shade of Egypt.” |
| (0.49) | (Psa 122:9) | 1 tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer. |
| (0.45) | (Pro 11:27) | 1 tn Two separate words are used here for “seek.” The first is שָׁחַר (shakhar, “to seek diligently”) and the second is בָּקַשׁ (baqash, “to seek after; to look for”). Whoever is seeking good is in effect seeking favor—from either God or man (e.g., Ps 5:12; Isa 49:8). |
| (0.43) | (Psa 27:8) | 2 tn Heb “your face, O Lord, I seek.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 24:6; 105:4). |
| (0.43) | (Psa 10:13) | 4 tn Heb “you will not seek.” The verb דָרַשׁ (darash, “seek”) is used here in the sense of “seek an accounting.” One could understand the imperfect as generalizing about what is typical and translate, “you do not hold [people] accountable.” |
| (0.42) | (Pro 11:27) | 2 tn The participle דֹּרֵשׁ (doresh) means “to seek; to inquire; to investigate.” A person generally receives the consequences of the kind of life he seeks. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 69:32) | 1 sn You who seek God refers to those who seek to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him (see Ps 53:2). |
| (0.42) | (Psa 14:2) | 4 sn Anyone who is wise and seeks God refers to the person who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him. |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 24:22) | 4 tn Heb “and seek [—].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification. |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 20:4) | 3 tn Heb “to seek the Lord.” The verb here (בָּקַשׁ, baqash) is different from the one translated “seek” in v. 3 (דָּרַשׁ, darash). |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 20:4) | 2 tn Heb “to seek from the Lord.” The verb here (בָּקַשׁ, baqash) is different from the one translated “seek” in v. 3 (דָּרַשׁ, darash). |
| (0.40) | (Mat 6:21) | 2 sn Seeking heavenly treasure means serving others and honoring God by doing so. |
