32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back
at the time their foot slips;
for the day of their disaster is near,
and the impending judgment 1 is rushing upon them!”
94:23 He will pay them back for their sin. 2
He will destroy them because of 3 their evil;
the Lord our God will destroy them.
24:12 If you say, “But we did not know about this,”
does not the one who evaluates 4 hearts consider?
Does not the one who guards your life know?
Will he not repay each person according to his deeds? 5
1 tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.
2 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality.
3 tn Or “in.”
4 tn Heb “weighs” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV) meaning “tests” or “evaluates.”
5 sn The verse completes the saying by affirming that people will be judged responsible for helping those in mortal danger. The verse uses a series of rhetorical questions to affirm that God knows our hearts and we cannot plead ignorance.