Daniel 3:6

3:6 Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately ¹  be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!”

Daniel 3:11

3:11 And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

Mazmur 10:9

10:9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; ² 

he lies in ambush, waiting to catch ³  the oppressed;

he catches the oppressed ⁴  by pulling in his net. ⁵ 

Nahum 2:12

2:12 The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed ⁶ 

and strangled prey to provide food ⁷  for his lionesses;

he filled ⁸  his lairs with prey

and his dens with torn flesh.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Aram “in that hour.”

[10:9]  ² tn Or “in its den.”

[10:9]  ³ tn The verb, which also appears in the next line, occurs only here and in Judg 21:21.

[10:9]  ⁴ tn The singular form is collective (see v. 10) or refers to the typical or representative oppressed individual.

[10:9]  ⁵ tn Or “when he [i.e., the wicked man] pulls in his net.”

[10:9]  sn The background of the imagery is hunting, where the hunter uses a net to entrap an unsuspecting bird or wild animal.

[2:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “as much as he needs.” The term בְּדי (bÿdi, “as much as he needs”; HALOT 219 s.v. 2a) is composed of the preposition בְּ (bet) and the noun דַּי (day, “enough, what is required”). This idiom means” to satisfy the hunger of [something]” (cf. Jer 51:58; Hab 2:13).

[2:12]  ⁷ tn The words “to provide food” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[2:12]  ⁸ tn The Piel verb וַיְמַלֵּא (vayÿmalle’) is a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive which depicts a sequence of events.