Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Psa 115:12) | 2 tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14). |
| (0.42) | (Psa 45:2) | 4 tn Or “blesses you forever.” Here “bless” means to “endue with the power and skill to rule effectively,” as the following verses indicate. |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 20:26) | 2 sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse. |
| (0.42) | (2Ki 4:29) | 3 tn Heb “If you meet a man, do not greet him with a blessing; if a man greets you with a blessing, do not answer.” |
| (0.42) | (Deu 29:19) | 3 tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 26:3) | 2 sn I will be with you and I will bless you. The promise of divine presence is a promise to intervene to protect and to bless. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 14:20) | 1 tn Heb “blessed be.” For God to be “blessed” means that he is praised. His reputation is enriched in the world as his name is praised. |
| (0.40) | (1Pe 3:9) | 1 tn Grk “not returning…but blessing,” continuing the sense of command from the preceding. |
| (0.40) | (Gal 3:14) | 1 tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.” |
| (0.40) | (Luk 14:23) | 7 sn So that my house will be filled. God will bless many people. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 14:14) | 2 sn You will be blessed. God notes and approves of such generosity. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 1:45) | 1 sn Again the note of being blessed makes the key point of the passage about believing God. |
| (0.40) | (Jer 4:2) | 3 tn Heb “bless themselves in him and make their boasts in him.” |
| (0.40) | (Isa 65:23) | 2 tn Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.” |
| (0.40) | (Isa 36:16) | 1 tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.” |
| (0.40) | (Pro 16:20) | 5 tn Heb “and the one who trusts in the Lord—blessed is he.” |
| (0.40) | (Pro 11:11) | 1 tn Heb “the blessing of the upright.” This expression features either an objective or subjective genitive. It may refer to the blessing God gives the upright (which will benefit society) or the blessing that the upright are to the city. The latter fits the parallelism best: The blessings are the beneficent words and deeds that the righteous perform. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 134:3) | 2 tn Heb “may the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth.” |
| (0.40) | (Psa 132:15) | 1 tn Heb “I will greatly bless her provision.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 128:2) | 3 tn Heb “how blessed you [will be] and it will be good for you.” |
