² tn Heb “despise.”

³ tn Or “despise.”

³ tn Or “despised.”

³ tn Heb “that you despise.”

¹ tn Heb “I hate”; “I despise.”

¹ tn Heb “they do not despise.”

² tn Or “is contemptible”; Grk “is despised.”

¹ tn Heb “his prisoners he does not despise.”

³ tn Or “let anyone despise you”; or “let anyone disregard you.”

⁴ tn Heb “a reproach of man and despised by people.”

¹ tn Or “think the less of them”; Grk “despise them,” “look down on them.”

¹ tn Grk “your trial in my flesh you did not despise or reject.”

² tn Grk “and despised.” This is a second parable with an explanatory introduction.

¹ tn Heb “O worm Jacob” (NAB, NIV). The worm metaphor suggests that Jacob is insignificant and despised.

¹ tn Heb “Zebulun was a people which despised its life even unto death.”

¹ tn Or “despise what I said.” There is no object on the verb; Job could be despising himself or the things he said (see L. J. Kuyper, “Repentance of Job,” VT 9 [1959]: 91-94).

³ tn Heb “and she saw that she was pregnant and her mistress was despised in her eyes.” The Hebrew verb קָלַל (qalal) means “to despise, to treat lightly, to treat with contempt.” In Hagar’s opinion Sarai had been demoted.

¹ tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”

² sn The Hebrew word describes the “blameless” or “innocent” who maintain integrity. The bloodthirsty despise people who insist on decency and integrity.

³ sn Hypocritical words may hide a wicked heart. The proverb makes an observation: One who in reality despises other people will often disguise that with what he says.