Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Job 8:2) | 4 tn See, however, G. R. Driver’s translation, “the breath of one who is mighty are the words of your mouth” (“Hebrew Studies,” JRAS 1948: 170). |
| (0.30) | (Job 7:10) | 1 tn M. Dahood suggests the meaning is the same as “his abode” (“Hebrew-Ugaritic Lexicography V,” Bib 48 [1967]: 421-38). |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:16) | 4 tn Or “from the sky.” The Hebrew word שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven[s]” or “sky” depending on the context. |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:15) | 4 tn Heb “the edge/mouth of the sword”; see T. J. Meek, “Archaeology and a Point of Hebrew Syntax,” BASOR 122 (1951): 31-33. |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:12) | 4 tn The Hebrew word order emphatically holds out Job’s person as the exception: “only upon him do not stretch forth your hand.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:8) | 1 tn The Hebrew has “have you placed your heart on Job?” This means “direct your mind to” (cf. BDB 963 s.v. I שׂוּם 2.b). |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:1) | 3 tn The Hebrew construction is literally “a man was,” using אִישׁ הָיָה (ʾish hayah) rather than a preterite first. This simply begins the narrative. |
| (0.30) | (Neh 13:16) | 2 tn The words “of all places” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to indicate the emphasis on Jerusalem. |
| (0.30) | (Neh 13:31) | 1 tn The words “I also provided for” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Neh 10:35) | 1 tn The words “we accept responsibility” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are inferred from v. 33 (so also in v. 36). |
| (0.30) | (Neh 10:1) | 1 tn The words “were the following names” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 9, 10, 14. |
| (0.30) | (Neh 5:17) | 2 tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16. |
| (0.30) | (Neh 3:18) | 2 tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the Syriac Peshitta בִּנֻּי (binnuy) rather than the MT reading בַּוַּי (bavvay). |
| (0.30) | (Neh 3:17) | 1 tc The translation reads וְעַל (veʿal, “and unto”) with several medieval Hebrew MSS and some MSS of LXX, rather than the MT reading עַל (ʿal, “unto”). |
| (0.30) | (Neh 1:2) | 2 tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ezr 9:4) | 2 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ezr 9:5) | 1 tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting. |
| (0.30) | (Ezr 8:18) | 1 tn Heb “and Sherebiah.” The words “this man was” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Ezr 7:1) | 2 tn The words “came up from Babylon” do not appear in the Hebrew text until v. 6. They have been supplied here for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.30) | (2Ch 36:9) | 1 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.” |
