Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Rev 1:7) | 4 tn In this context, tribes (φυλαί, phulai) could also be translated as “nations” or “peoples” (L&N 11.56). |
| (0.35) | (Act 17:26) | 2 tn Or “mankind.” BDAG 276 s.v. ἔθνος 1 has “every nation of humankind Ac 17:26.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 7:32) | 3 sn A quotation from Exod 3:6. The phrase suggests the God of promise, the God of the nation. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 20:10) | 1 sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected. |
| (0.35) | (Mar 12:2) | 1 sn This slave (along with the others) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected. |
| (0.35) | (Hag 2:22) | 1 tn Heb “the kingdoms of the nations.” Cf. KJV “the kingdoms of the heathen”; NIV, NLT “foreign kingdoms.” |
| (0.35) | (Zep 3:7) | 2 sn God’s judgment of the nations (v. 6) was an object lesson for Israel’s benefit. |
| (0.35) | (Zep 2:11) | 4 tn Heb “and all the coastlands of the nations will worship [or, “bow down”] to him, each from his own place.” |
| (0.35) | (Mic 6:16) | 7 tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (ʿammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (ʿammim, “nations”). |
| (0.35) | (Eze 39:28) | 1 tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 6:8) | 1 tn Heb “when you have fugitives from the sword among the nations, when you are scattered among the lands.” |
| (0.35) | (Eze 4:13) | 1 sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17). |
| (0.35) | (Jer 51:20) | 3 tn Heb “I smash nations with you.” This same structure is repeated throughout the series in vv. 20c-23. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 28:11) | 1 tn Heb “I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from upon the necks of all the nations.” |
| (0.35) | (Isa 42:25) | 1 tn The Hebrew third masculine singular pronoun, representing the nation, has been rendered as the third plural throughout this verse. |
| (0.35) | (Isa 33:4) | 1 tn The pronoun is plural; the statement is addressed to the nations who have stockpiled plunder from their conquests of others. |
| (0.35) | (Isa 1:5) | 1 sn In vv. 5-9 Isaiah addresses the battered nation (5-8) and speaks as their representative (9). |
| (0.35) | (Psa 117:1) | 1 sn Psalm 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 118:10) | 1 sn The reference to an attack by the nations suggests the psalmist may have been a military leader. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 111:6) | 1 tn Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.” |
