Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Exo 15:16) | 1 tn The two words can form a nominal hendiadys, “a dreadful fear,” though most English versions retain the two separate terms. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 15:4) | 3 tn The form is a Qal passive rather than a Pual, for there is not Piel form or meaning. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 8:19) | 2 tn The word “finger” is a bold anthropomorphism (a figure of speech in which God is described using human characteristics). |
| (0.50) | (Gen 35:11) | 2 tn Heb “A nation and a company of nations will be from you and kings from your loins will come out.” |
| (0.50) | (Gen 32:16) | 2 tn Heb “a herd, a herd, by itself,” or “each herd by itself.” The distributive sense is expressed by repetition. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 20:7) | 2 sn For a discussion of the term prophet see N. Walker, “What is a Nabhi?” ZAW 73 (1961): 99-100. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 18:27) | 2 tn The disjunctive clause is a concessive clause here, drawing out the humility as a contrast to the Lord. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 15:18) | 3 sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not the River Nile. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 10:26) | 3 sn The name Sheleph may be related to Shilph, a district of Yemen; Shalph is a Yemenite tribe. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 10:11) | 4 sn The name Rehoboth Ir means “and broad streets of a city,” perhaps referring to a suburb of Nineveh. |
| (0.49) | (Act 10:28) | 4 tn Grk “a foreigner,” but in this context, “a non-Jew,” that is, a Gentile. This term speaks of intimate association (BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.b.α). On this Jewish view, see John 18:28, where a visit to a Gentile residence makes a Jewish person unclean. |
| (0.49) | (Joh 8:35) | 2 sn Jesus’ point is that while a slave may be part of a family or household, the slave is not guaranteed a permanent place there, while a son, as a descendant or blood relative, will always be guaranteed a place in the family (remains forever). |
| (0.49) | (Luk 6:17) | 2 tn Or “on a plateau.” This could refer to a message given in a flat locale or in a flat locale in the midst of a more mountainous region (Jer 21:13; Isa 13:2). It is quite possible that this sermon is a summary version of the better known Sermon on the Mount from Matt 5-7. |
| (0.49) | (Jer 24:9) | 2 tn Heb “I will make them for a terror, for a disaster, to all the kingdoms of the earth, for a reproach and for a proverb, for a taunt and for a curse, in all the places which I banish them there.” The complex Hebrew sentence has been broken down into equivalent shorter sentences to conform more with contemporary English style. |
| (0.49) | (Isa 14:19) | 1 tn Heb “like a shoot that is abhorred.” The simile seems a bit odd; apparently it refers to a small shoot that is trimmed from a plant and tossed away. Some prefer to emend נֵצֶר (netser, “shoot”); some propose נֵפֶל (nefel, “miscarriage”). In this case one might paraphrase: “like a horrible-looking fetus that is delivered when a woman miscarries.” |
| (0.49) | (Pro 20:2) | 1 tn Heb “the terror of a king” (so ASV, NASB); The term “terror” is a metonymy of effect for cause: the anger of a king that causes terror among the people. The term “king” functions as a possessive genitive: “a king’s anger” (cf. NIV “A king’s wrath”; NLT “The king’s fury”). |
| (0.49) | (Pro 6:11) | 1 tn Heb “like a wayfarer” or “like a traveler” (cf. KJV). The LXX has “swiftness like a traveler.” It has also been interpreted as a “highwayman” (cf. NAB) or a “dangerous assailant.” W. McKane suggests “vagrant” (Proverbs [OTL], 324); cf. NASB “vagabond.” Someone traveling swiftly would likely be a robber. |
| (0.49) | (Pro 4:1) | 1 sn The chapter includes an exhortation to acquire wisdom (1-4a), a list of the benefits of wisdom (4b-9), a call to pursue a righteous lifestyle (10-13), a warning against a wicked lifestyle (14-19), and an exhortation to righteousness (20-27). |
| (0.49) | (Job 12:17) | 2 tn GKC 361-62 §116.x notes that almost as a rule a participle beginning a sentence is continued with a finite verb with or without a ו (vav). Here the participle (“leads”) is followed by an imperfect (“makes fools”) after a ו (vav). |
| (0.48) | (Ecc 7:7) | 2 tn Or “Oppression drives a wise person crazy”; or “Extortion drives a wise person crazy.” The verb III הלל (“to be foolish”) denotes “to make foolish; to make a fool out of someone; to make into a madman” (Job 12:17; Isa 44:25); cf. HALOT 249 s.v. III הלל; BDB 239 s.v. II הלל. It has been handled variously: “makes a wise man mad” (KJV, NASB); “drives a wise man crazy” (NEB); “can make a fool of a wise man” (NAB); “makes the wise man foolish” (RSV, NRSV); and “turns a wise man into a fool” (NIV). |
