Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Hab 2:14) | 1 tn Heb “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, just as the waters cover over the sea.” |
| (0.35) | (Hab 1:17) | 2 tn Heb “Will he then empty his throw net?” The words “continue to fill and” are supplied in the translation for clarification. |
| (0.35) | (Hab 1:5) | 4 tn Heb “you will not believe when it is told.” In this context the force of כִּי (ki) may be “when,” “if,” or “even though.” |
| (0.35) | (Nah 1:9) | 3 tn Or “The Lord will completely foil whatever you plot against him”; or “Whatever you may think about the Lord, he [always] brings everything to a conclusion.” |
| (0.35) | (Mic 7:15) | 2 sn I will show you miraculous deeds. In this verse the Lord responds to the petition of v. 14 with a brief promise of deliverance. |
| (0.35) | (Mic 7:11) | 1 sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated. |
| (0.35) | (Mic 6:1) | 2 sn As in some ancient Near Eastern treaties, the mountains are personified as legal witnesses that will settle the dispute between God and Israel. |
| (0.35) | (Mic 5:5) | 4 sn The numbers seven and eight here symbolize completeness and emphasize that Israel will have more than enough military leadership and strength to withstand the Assyrian advance. |
| (0.35) | (Mic 2:5) | 1 tn Heb “therefore you will not have one who strings out a measuring line by lot in the assembly of the Lord.” |
| (0.35) | (Mic 1:6) | 3 tn Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls. |
| (0.35) | (Jon 2:4) | 4 tn Heb “Will I ever see your holy temple again?” The rhetorical question expresses denial: Jonah despaired of ever seeing the temple again. |
| (0.35) | (Oba 1:2) | 3 sn Heb “I will make you small among the nations” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); cf. NRSV “least among the nations,” NCV “the smallest of nations.” |
| (0.35) | (Amo 3:11) | 2 tn Heb “He will bring down your power from you.” Some emend the text to read, “Your power will be brought down from you.” The shift, however, from an active to a passive sense also appears at 3:14 (“I will destroy Bethel’s altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off.”) The pronouns (“your…you”) are feminine singular, indicating that the personified city of Samaria is addressed here. Samaria’s “power” here is her defenses and/or wealth. |
| (0.35) | (Joe 3:20) | 1 tn The phrase “will be secure” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness. |
| (0.35) | (Joe 3:4) | 3 tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation. |
| (0.35) | (Joe 2:22) | 2 tn Heb “their strength.” The trees and vines will produce a maximum harvest, in contrast to the failed agricultural conditions previously described. |
| (0.35) | (Joe 2:28) | 5 tn Heb “your old men will dream dreams.” In context these are prophetic visions, messages from God, as are the visions mentioned in the next line. |
| (0.35) | (Joe 2:2) | 1 tn The phrase “It will be” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness and style. |
| (0.35) | (Hos 2:20) | 1 tn The vav consecutive on the suffix conjugation verb וְיָדַעַתְּ (veyadaʿat, “then you will know”) introduces a result clause (cf. NASB, CEV). |
| (0.35) | (Hos 2:17) | 1 tn The vav consecutive prefixed to וַהֲסִרֹתִי (vahasiroti) “I will remove” (vav consecutive + Hiphil perfect first person common singular) introduces an explanatory clause. |
