(0.44) | (Pro 27:15) | 1 tn Heb “a wife of contentions” (an attributive genitive). Cf. NAB, NIV “a quarrelsome wife”; NLT “a nagging wife.” |
(0.44) | (Pro 22:4) | 3 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” This is an objective genitive; the Lord is the object of the fear. |
(0.44) | (Pro 21:29) | 3 tn The “upright” is an independent nominative absolute; the pronoun becomes the formal (emphatic) subject of the verb. |
(0.44) | (Pro 18:19) | 1 tn Heb “brother,” but this is not limited to actual siblings (cf. NRSV “an ally”; CEV, NLT “friend”). |
(0.44) | (Pro 18:2) | 1 sn This expression forms an understatement (tapeinosis); the opposite is the point—he detests understanding or discernment. |
(0.44) | (Pro 16:9) | 4 sn “Steps” is an implied comparison, along with “way,” to indicate the events of the plan as they work out. |
(0.44) | (Pro 15:33) | 1 tn Heb “[is] instruction of wisdom” (KJV and NASB similar). The noun translated “wisdom” is an attributive genitive: “wise instruction.” |
(0.44) | (Pro 15:31) | 2 tn “Life” is an objective genitive: Reproof brings or preserves life. Cf. NIV “life-giving rebuke”; NLT “constructive criticism.” |
(0.44) | (Pro 15:12) | 1 sn This is an understatement, the opposite being intended (a figure called tapeinosis). A scorner rejects any efforts to reform him. |
(0.44) | (Pro 14:2) | 1 tn Heb “fear of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”) functions as an objective genitive. |
(0.44) | (Pro 14:5) | 1 tn Heb “a witness of faithfulness.” The genitive functions in an attributive sense: “faithful witness” (so KJV, NRSV); TEV “reliable witness.” |
(0.44) | (Pro 13:24) | 6 tn The noun מוּסָר (musar, “discipline”) functions as an adverbial accusative of reference: “he is diligent in reference to discipline.” |
(0.44) | (Pro 12:23) | 4 tn Or “speak out foolishly.” The noun may be a direct object (folly) or an adverbial accusative (foolishly). |
(0.44) | (Pro 12:22) | 1 tn Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”) is a subjective genitive. |
(0.44) | (Pro 11:1) | 1 tn Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”) is a subjective genitive. |
(0.44) | (Pro 10:27) | 1 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”) functions as an objective genitive. |
(0.44) | (Pro 9:12) | 5 tc The LXX has an addition: “Forsake folly, that you may reign forever; and seek discretion and direct understanding in knowledge.” |
(0.44) | (Pro 8:22) | 3 tn Heb “his way” (so KJV, NASB). The word “way” is an idiom (implied comparison) for the actions of God. |
(0.44) | (Pro 4:13) | 2 tn The form נִצְּרֶהָ (nitsereha, from נָצַר, natsar) has an anomalous doubled letter (see GKC 73 §20.h). |
(0.44) | (Pro 2:9) | 3 tn Heb “every way of good.” The term טוֹב (tov, “good”) functions as an attributive genitive: “good way.” |