1 Raja-raja 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly ¹  you will then teach them the right way to live ²  and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. ³ 

Yohanes 1:23

1:23 John ⁴  said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight ⁵  the way for the Lord,’ ⁶  as Isaiah the prophet said.”

[8:36]  ¹ tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

[8:36]  ² tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

[8:36]  ³ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

[1:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “He”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:23]  ⁵ sn This call to “make straight” is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.

[1:23]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.