³ tn Heb “will deal with them and prevail.”

¹ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

³ tn Or “deal with me in faithful love.”

³ tn Heb “deal with me [in] kindness.”

² tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”

² tn Heb “and we did not deal falsely with your covenant.”

¹ tn Heb “And you shall not deal severely with your vineyard.”

² tn Heb “in a land of uprightness they act unjustly”; NRSV “they deal perversely.”

² tn Heb “visit [with favor]” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “will deal with.”

¹ tn Heb “you shall not deal falsely a man with his fellow citizen.”

¹ tn Or “after the manner of” (KJV, ASV); NRSV “shall deal with her as with a daughter.”

¹ tn Grk “weeping a great deal,” thus “loudly” (BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός and BDAG 546 s.v. κλαυθμός).

¹ sn Jesus’ point repeats v. 3. The circumstances make no difference. All must deal with the reality of what death means.

¹ sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.

² tn The term גֹּמֶל (gomel) means “to deal fully [or “adequately”] with” someone or something. The kind person will benefit himself.

² tn The phrase “in his dealings” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn That is, “who means a great deal to me”; Grk “whom I have sent to you, him, this one is my heart.”

² tn The words “deals with the clay” are not in the text. They are part of an elliptical comparison and are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

² tn The form is the Hiphil participle, literally “deals smoothly,” i.e., smoothing over things that should be brought to one’s attention.

² sn The first twelve verses of this chapter, Prov 26:1-12, are sometimes called “the Book of Fools” because they deal with the actions of fools.