1 tn Or “crows.” Crows and ravens belong to the same family of birds. English uses “crow” as a general word for the family. Palestine has several indigenous members of the crow family.
2 tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”
3 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).
5 tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”
6 tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”