Discovery Box| (0.44) | (Gen 12:4) | 1 sn So Abram left. This is the report of Abram’s obedience to God’s command (see v. 1). |
| (0.44) | (Gen 11:9) | 1 tn The verb has no expressed subject and so can be rendered as a passive in the translation. |
| (0.38) | (Rom 15:16) | 3 tn Grk “so that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable.” This could be understood to refer to an offering belonging to the Gentiles (a possessive genitive) or made by the Gentiles (subjective genitive), but more likely the phrase should be understood as an appositive genitive, with the Gentiles themselves consisting of the offering (so J. D. G. Dunn, Romans [WBC 38], 2:860). The latter view is reflected in the translation “so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering.” |
| (0.38) | (Jer 23:14) | 3 tn Heb “So they strengthen the hands of those doing evil so that they do not turn back from their evil.” For the use of the figure “strengthen the hands,” meaning “encourage,” see Judg 9:24 and Ezek 13:22 (and cf. BDB 304 s.v. חָזַק Piel.2). The vav consecutive on the front of the form gives the logical consequence equivalent to “so” in the translation. |
| (0.38) | (Job 22:30) | 1 tc The Hebrew has אִי־נָקִי (ʾi naqi), which could be taken as “island of the innocent” (so Ibn-Ezra), or “him that is not innocent” (so Rashi). But some have changed אִי (ʾi) to אִישׁ (ʾish, “the innocent man”). Others differ: A. Guillaume links אִי (ʾi) to Arabic ʿayya “whosoever,” and so leaves the text alone. M. Dahood secures the same idea from Ugaritic, but reads it אֵי (ʾe). |
| (0.38) | (Ezr 8:13) | 1 tn Or “those who came later.” The exact meaning of this Hebrew phrase is uncertain. It may refer to the last remaining members of Adonikam’s family who were in Babylon. So, for example, H. G. M. Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah (WBC), 108; cf. NASB, NIV, NCV. The phrase has also been taken to mean “the younger sons (so NAB), or the ones who “returned at a later date” (so TEV). |
| (0.38) | (Num 5:15) | 3 tn The word “remembering” is זִכָּרוֹן (zikkaron); the meaning of the word here is not so much “memorial,” which would not communicate much, but the idea of bearing witness before God concerning the charges. The truth would come to light through this ritual, and so the attestation would stand. This memorial would bring the truth to light. It was a somber occasion, and so no sweet smelling additives were placed on the altar. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 5:21) | 5 tn Heb “to put a sword in their hand to kill us.” The infinitive construct with the lamed (לָתֶת, latet) signifies the result (“so that”) of making the people stink. Their reputation is now so bad that Pharaoh might gladly put them to death. The next infinitive could also be understood as expressing result: “put a sword in their hand so that they can kill us.” |
| (0.37) | (Rev 17:3) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation to witness the fate of the prostitute. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 16:19) | 4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Babylon’s misdeeds (see Rev 14:8). |
| (0.37) | (Rev 16:2) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the directions given by the voice from the temple. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 16:6) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that this judgment is the result of what these wicked people did to the saints and prophets. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 16:10) | 3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” to indicate the implied result of the fifth bowl being poured out. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 6:2) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of hearing the voice summon the first rider. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 5:4) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of no one being found worthy to open the scroll. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 1:14) | 2 tn The clause, “even as white as snow” seems to heighten the preceding clause and is so understood in this ascensive sense (“even”) in the translation. |
| (0.37) | (Jud 1:16) | 2 tn Or “going.” Though the participle is anarthrous, so also is the subject. Thus, the participle could be either adverbial or adjectival. |
| (0.37) | (1Jo 1:3) | 3 tn Or “communion”; or “association” (a reality shared in common, so in this case, “genuine association”). This term also occurs in vv. 6, 7. |
| (0.37) | (1Pe 4:6) | 3 tn Grk “so that they may be judged…but may live.” Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English. |
| (0.37) | (1Pe 3:7) | 2 tn Grk “so that your prayers may not be hindered.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek, this clause was translated as a separate sentence. |
