Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Isa 30:19) | 3 tn Heb “he will indeed show you mercy at the sound of your crying out; when he hears, he will answer you.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 19:19) | 2 tn The second colon of the verse is very difficult, and there have been many proposals as to its meaning: (1) “If you save [your enemy], you will add [good to yourself]”; (2) “If you save [your son by chastening], you may continue [chastisement and so educate him]”; (3) “If you deliver [him by paying the fine for him once], you will have to do it again”; (4) “If you save [him this time], you will have to increase [the punishment later on].” All interpretations have to supply a considerable amount of material (indicated by brackets). Many English versions are similar to (3). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 16:3) | 2 tn The suffix on the plural noun would be a subjective genitive: “the works you are doing,” or here, “the works that you want to do.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 115:14) | 1 tn Heb “may he add to you, to you and your sons.” The prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating this is a prayer. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 60:2) | 1 sn You made the earth quake; you split it open. The psalmist uses the imagery of an earthquake to describe the nation’s defeat. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 50:20) | 1 tn Heb “you sit, against your brother you speak.” To “sit” and “speak” against someone implies plotting against that person (see Ps 119:23). |
| (0.38) | (Psa 21:12) | 1 tn Heb “you make them a shoulder,” i.e., “you make them turn and run, showing the back of their neck and shoulders.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 21:12) | 2 tn Heb “with your bowstrings you fix against their faces,” i.e., “you fix your arrows on the bowstrings to shoot at them.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 21:4) | 1 tn Heb “life he asked from you.” Another option is to translate the perfect verbal forms in v. 4 with the present tense, “he asks…you grant.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 18:27) | 2 tn Heb “but proud eyes you bring low.” 2 Sam 22:28 reads, “your eyes [are] upon the proud, [whom] you bring low.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 7:7) | 1 tn Heb “and the assembly of the peoples surrounds you.” Some understand the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may the assembly of the peoples surround you.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 4:7) | 1 tn Heb “you place joy in my heart.” Another option is to understand the perfect verbal form as indicating certitude, “you will make me happier.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 40:15) | 3 tn Heb “with you.” The meaning could be temporal (“when I made you”)—perhaps a reference to the sixth day of creation (Gen 1:24). |
| (0.38) | (Job 33:32) | 2 tn The infinitive construct serves as the complement or object of “I desire.” It could be rendered “to justify you” or “your justification,” namely, “that you be justified.” |
| (0.38) | (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.” |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 1:16) | 2 tn Heb “Because you sent… therefore you will not leave.” The rhetorical question is a parenthetical remark inserted into the proposition for dramatic effect. |
| (0.38) | (1Ki 12:14) | 3 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11. |
| (0.38) | (1Ki 3:6) | 4 tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.” |
| (0.38) | (2Sa 22:28) | 2 tc Heb “but your eyes are upon the proud, you bring low.” Psalm 18:27 reads “but proud eyes you bring low.” |
| (0.38) | (1Sa 28:19) | 2 tc With the exception of the Lucianic recension, the LXX has here “and tomorrow you and your sons with you will fall.” |
