Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Pro 27:4) | 1 tn Heb “fierceness of wrath and outpouring [= flood] of anger.” A number of English versions use “flood” here (e.g., NASB, NCV, NLT). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 25:19) | 1 sn The similes in this emblematic parallelism focus on things that are incapable of performing certain activities—they are either too painful to use or are ineffective. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 25:8) | 1 sn The Hebrew verb רִיב (riv) is often used in legal contexts; here the warning is not to go to court hastily lest it turn out badly. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 23:16) | 1 tn Heb “my kidneys”; in biblical Hebrew the term was used for the innermost being, the soul, the central location of the passions. Cf. NASB, NIV “my inmost being.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 23:1) | 1 tn The construction uses the imperfect tense of instruction with the infinitive absolute to emphasize the careful discernment required on such occasions. Cf. NIV “note well”; NLT “pay attention.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 21:1) | 2 sn “Hand” in this passage is a personification; the word is frequently used idiomatically for “power,” and that is the sense intended here. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 21:2) | 1 tn Heb “in his own eyes.” The term “eyes” is a metonymy for estimation, opinion, evaluation. Physical sight is used figuratively for one’s point of view intellectually. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:18) | 1 tn The noun form is plural, but the verb is singular, suggesting either an abstract plural or a collective plural is being used here. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:13) | 2 tn The second line uses two imperatives in a sequence (without the vav [ו]): “open your eyes” and then (or, in order that) you will “be satisfied.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 20:10) | 1 tn The construction simply uses repetition to express different kinds of weights and measures: “a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 19:12) | 3 sn The proverb makes an observation about a king’s power to terrify or to refresh. It advises people to use tact with a king. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 18:13) | 3 tn Heb “it is folly to him and shame.” The verse uses formal parallelism, with the second colon simply completing the thought of the first. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 17:3) | 3 sn The term כּוּר (kur) describes a “furnace” or “smelting pot.” It can be used figuratively for the beneficial side of affliction (Isa 48:10). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 15:23) | 3 tn Heb “in its season.” To say the right thing at the right time is useful; to say the right thing at the wrong time is counterproductive. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 15:17) | 1 tn Heb “and love there.” This clause is a circumstantial clause introduced with vav, that becomes “where there is love.” The same construction is used in the second colon. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 14:8) | 2 tn The Hiphil infinitive construct denotes purpose. Those who are shrewd will use it to give careful consideration to all their ways. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 11:17) | 3 tn Heb “his own soul.” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is used as a synecdoche of part (= soul) for the whole (= person): “himself” (BDB 660 s.v. 4). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 10:24) | 3 tn Heb “it will give.” When used without an expressed subject, the verb יִתֵּן (yitten) has a passive nuance: “it will be granted.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 10:18) | 4 tn Heb “he is a fool.” The independent personal pronoun הוּא (huʾ, “he”) is used for emphasis. This is reflected in the translation as “certainly.” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 10:4) | 4 tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hiphil verb is used in a causative sense; literally, “the hand of the diligent makes rich.” |
