Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Eze 1:8) | 1 tc The MT reads “his hand” while many Hebrew mss as well as the Qere read “hands of.” Two similar Hebrew letters, vav and yod, have been confused. |
| (0.42) | (Lam 5:20) | 1 tn The Hebrew verb “forget” often means “to not pay attention to, ignore,” just as the Hebrew “remember” often means “to consider, attend to.” |
| (0.42) | (Jer 23:20) | 3 tn The translation is intended to reflect a Hebrew construction where a noun functions as the object of a verb from the same root word (the Hebrew cognate accusative). |
| (0.42) | (Jer 6:2) | 1 tn The verb here is another example of the Hebrew verb form that indicates the action is as good as done (a Hebrew prophetic perfect). |
| (0.42) | (Neh 12:4) | 1 tc Most Hebrew MSS read “Ginnethoi”; the present translation follows a number of Hebrew MSS and the Vulgate (cf. Neh 12:16 and NIV, NCV, NLT). |
| (0.42) | (Neh 9:30) | 1 tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 28:16) | 1 tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20. |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 22:6) | 3 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29). |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 10:14) | 1 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.” |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 25:3) | 3 tc One Hebrew ms and some LXX mss supply the name “Shimei” after “Jeshaiah.” Most Hebrew mss omit the name here (but cf. v. 17). |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 24:23) | 1 tc Most Hebrew mss omit “Hebron” here, but see 1 Chr 23:19. The name is included in two Hebrew mss and some LXX mss. |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 2:1) | 1 tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text. |
| (0.42) | (1Ch 2:7) | 2 tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew mss read “Achan.” See Josh 7:1. |
| (0.42) | (Jdg 18:12) | 1 tn Or “Mahaneh Dan”; the Hebrew term “Mahaneh” means “camp [of].” Many English versions retain the transliterated Hebrew expression, but cf. CEV “Dan’s Camp.” |
| (0.42) | (Jos 21:36) | 1 tc 21:36-37 are accidentally omitted from a number of significant Hebrew mss. They are, however, found in some Hebrew mss, the LXX and Vulgate. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 39:17) | 2 sn That Hebrew slave. Now, when speaking to her husband, Potiphar’s wife refers to Joseph as a Hebrew slave, a very demeaning description. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 14:1) | 3 tn Or “king of Goyim.” The Hebrew term גּוֹיִם (goyim) means “nations,” but a number of modern translations merely transliterate the Hebrew (cf. NEB, NIV “Goyim”; NRSV “Goiim”). |
| (0.40) | (Rev 12:10) | 3 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” |
| (0.40) | (Rev 11:15) | 2 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” |
| (0.40) | (Jam 5:17) | 2 tn Grk “he prayed with prayer” (using a Hebrew idiom to show intensity). |
