(0.40) | (Isa 21:2) | 2 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others. |
(0.40) | (Isa 19:21) | 3 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV); likewise at the beginning of vv. 23 and 24. |
(0.40) | (Isa 19:16) | 1 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV); likewise at the beginning of vv. 18 and 19. |
(0.40) | (Isa 14:26) | 1 tn Heb “and this is the hand that is outstretched over all the nations.” |
(0.40) | (Isa 10:11) | 1 sn This statement indicates that the prophecy dates sometime between 722-701 b.c. |
(0.40) | (Isa 10:2) | 2 tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.” |
(0.40) | (Isa 9:14) | 1 sn The metaphor in this line is that of a reed being cut down. |
(0.40) | (Isa 7:20) | 1 tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB); KJV “In the same day.” |
(0.40) | (Isa 7:4) | 3 sn The derogatory metaphor indicates that the power of Rezin and Pekah is ready to die out. |
(0.40) | (Isa 5:24) | 2 sn They are compared to a flowering plant that withers quickly in a hot, arid climate. |
(0.40) | (Ecc 10:19) | 4 tn Or “and [they think that] money is the answer for everything.” |
(0.40) | (Ecc 10:5) | 4 tn Heb “like an error that comes forth from the presence of a ruler.” |
(0.40) | (Ecc 9:3) | 5 tn Heb “and after that [they go] to [the place of] the dead.” |
(0.40) | (Ecc 7:21) | 2 tn Heb “so that you do not hear…”; or “lest you hear….” |
(0.40) | (Ecc 7:10) | 2 tn Heb “It is not from wisdom that you ask about this.” |
(0.40) | (Ecc 2:13) | 1 tn Heb “and I saw that there is profit for wisdom more than folly.” |
(0.40) | (Ecc 1:13) | 2 tn Heb “with wisdom,” that is, with careful reflection in light of principles observed by the sages. |
(0.40) | (Pro 28:5) | 2 tn The term translated “justice” is מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat); it refers to the legal rights of people, decisions that are equitable in the community. W. G. Plaut observes that there are always those who think that “justice” is that which benefits them, otherwise it is not justice (Proverbs, 282). |
(0.40) | (Pro 26:28) | 2 sn The verse makes it clear that only pain and ruin can come from deception. The statement that the lying tongue “hates those crushed by it” suggests that the sentiments of hatred help the deceiver justify what he says about people. The ruin that he brings is probably on other people, but it could also be taken to include his own ruin. |
(0.40) | (Pro 18:14) | 2 sn This is a rhetorical question, asserting that very few can cope with depression. |