² tn Heb “700 choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.

² tn The word order is reversed in the text: “and the right in his eyes you do,” or, “[if] you do what is right in his eyes.” The conditional idea in the first clause is continued in this clause.

¹ tn Grk “the right to eat and drink.” In the context this is a figurative reference to financial support.

¹ tn The words “They do so right” are supplied twice in the translation of this verse for clarification.

¹ sn Eating the fat and drinking blood were God’s exclusive rights in Israelite sacrifices (Lev 3:17).

² sn The “right hand” is a symbol of activity and strength; the Lord directs Cyrus’ activities and assures his success.

² tn Heb “and from my God my justice passes away”; NRSV “my right is disregarded by my God.”

¹ tn Heb “a wise man’s heart is at his right hand.” The phrase “right hand” is a Hebrew idiom for the place of protection (e.g., Pss 16:8; 110:5; 121:5). In ancient warfare, the shield of the warrior on one’s right-hand side protected one’s right hand. Qoheleth’s point is that wisdom provides protection (e.g., Eccl 7:12).

¹ sn The Lord’s arm, hand, and right hand all symbolize his activities, especially his exploits in war.

¹ tn Or “just.” Perhaps the idea is that they impart a knowledge of what is just and right.

¹ tn Or “proper, right.” The phrase also occurs in Deut 33:19 and Ps 51:19.

⁵ sn The point of Job’s rhetorical question is that man cannot be justified as against God because God is too powerful and too clever—he controls the universe. He is discussing now the question that Eliphaz raised in 4:17. Peake observes that Job is raising the question of whether something is right because God says it is right, or that God declares it right because it is right.

¹ tn Heb “and Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of the Lord his God.”

² tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”

⁴ tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”

¹ tn Heb “[the daughters of Zelophehad] speak right” (using the participle דֹּבְרֹת [dov^erot] with כֵּן [ken]).

² tn Heb “right of redemption you shall give to the land”; NAB “you must permit the land to be redeemed.”

¹ tn Heb “and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger from the oil which is on his left hand.”

¹ tn Heb “wisdom of heart,” which means that they were skilled and could make all the right choices about the work.

⁴ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.