Discovery Box| (1.00) | (1Sa 2:21) | 2 tn Presumably in successive pregnancies, not as quintuplets. |
| (0.83) | (Psa 37:7) | 3 tn Heb “over one who causes his way to be successful.” |
| (0.71) | (Gen 32:29) | 4 tn The verb here means that the Lord endowed Jacob with success; he would be successful in everything he did, including meeting Esau. |
| (0.67) | (Act 21:19) | 4 sn Note how Paul credited God with the success of his ministry. |
| (0.67) | (Pro 19:11) | 1 tn Or “prudence,” the successful use of wisdom in discretion. Cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT “good sense.” |
| (0.67) | (Job 22:21) | 3 tn The two imperatives in this verse imply a relationship of succession and not consequence. |
| (0.67) | (2Ki 18:7) | 1 tn Heb “in all which he went out [to do], he was successful.” |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 18:5) | 2 tn Heb “so we can know if our way on which we are going will be successful.” |
| (0.67) | (Jos 1:8) | 5 tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy. |
| (0.67) | (Jos 1:7) | 4 tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy. |
| (0.67) | (Gen 24:42) | 1 tn Heb “if you are making successful my way on which I am going.” |
| (0.59) | (Job 34:27) | 1 tn The verb הִשְׂכִּילוּ (hiskilu) means “to be prudent; to be wise.” From this is derived the idea of “be wise in understanding God’s will,” and “be successful because of prudence”—i.e., successful with God. |
| (0.58) | (Rev 1:2) | 1 tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to make the chronological succession clear in the translation. |
| (0.58) | (Isa 53:12) | 2 sn The servant is compared here to a warrior who will be richly rewarded for his effort and success in battle. |
| (0.58) | (Isa 45:1) | 2 sn The “right hand” is a symbol of activity and strength; the Lord directs Cyrus’ activities and assures his success. |
| (0.58) | (2Sa 5:10) | 3 tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success. |
| (0.58) | (Exo 32:30) | 3 tn The form אֲכַפְּרָה (ʾakhapperah) is a Piel cohortative, expressing intention, though context suggests only a possibility of success. |
| (0.50) | (Mat 2:13) | 3 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 50:9) | 4 tn Or more freely, “Their arrows will be as successful at hitting their mark // as a skilled soldier—he always returns from battle with plunder.” |
| (0.50) | (Pro 22:12) | 2 tn The first verb is the Hebrew perfect form and the second is a preterite, successive actions in past time. The proverb presents something God has done as prototypical. |
