Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Mat 13:54) | 2 sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum. |
| (0.35) | (Mat 5:22) | 2 tn Grk “whoever says to his brother ‘Raca,’” an Aramaic word of contempt or abuse meaning “fool” or “empty head.” |
| (0.35) | (Mat 5:2) | 2 tn Grk “And opening his mouth he taught them, saying.” The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken) has been translated ingressively. |
| (0.35) | (Mal 3:6) | 1 tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel. |
| (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) | (Hab 2:9) | 2 tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.” |
| (0.35) | (Nah 2:13) | 2 tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts” an abbreviation of a longer title “Yahweh, the God of Armies.” The title pictures God as the sovereign king who has at his disposal a multitude of attendants, messengers, and warriors to do his bidding. In some contexts, like this one, the military dimension of his rulership is highlighted. In this case, the title pictures him as one who leads armies into battle against his enemies. |
| (0.35) | (Jon 1:7) | 1 tn Heb “And they said, a man to his companion.” The plural verb is individualized by “a man.” |
| (0.35) | (Oba 1:6) | 3 tn Heb “his” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); this is singular agreeing with “Esau” in the previous line. |
| (0.35) | (Amo 1:2) | 2 sn The Lord, in his role of warrior-king, is compared to a lion. See 3:4, 8. |
| (0.35) | (Joe 2:20) | 2 tn Heb “his face to the eastern sea.” In this context the eastern sea is probably the Dead Sea. |
| (0.35) | (Hos 12:5) | 1 tn Heb “[is] his memorial name” (so ASV); cf. TEV “the name by which he is to be worshipped.” |
| (0.35) | (Hos 2:20) | 2 tn Or “know.” The term יָדַע (yadaʿ, “know, acknowledge”) is often used in covenant contexts. It can refer to the suzerain’s acknowledgment of his covenant obligations to his vassal or to the vassal’s acknowledgment of his covenant obligations to his suzerain. When used in reference to a vassal, the verb “know” is metonymical (cause for effect) for “obey.” See H. Huffmann, “The Treaty Background of Hebrew yādaʿ,” BASOR 181 (1966): 31-37. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 11:10) | 2 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 11:6) | 5 tn Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 10:21) | 3 tn The pronoun is plural in Hebrew, suggesting that Michael is the angelic prince of Daniel and his people. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 10:9) | 1 tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 7:1) | 4 tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV’s “the substance of his dream.” |
| (0.35) | (Eze 34:30) | 1 sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7). |
| (0.35) | (Eze 22:6) | 1 tn Heb “Look! The princes of Israel, each according to his arm, were in you in order to shed blood.” |
