Ezra 8:18

8:18 Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, ¹  who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, ²  18 men,

Ezra 8:1

The Leaders Who Returned with Ezra

8:1 These are the leaders ³  and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Kisah Para Rasul 3:11

Peter Addresses the Crowd

3:11 While the man ⁴  was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway ⁵  called Solomon’s Portico. ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 3:1

Peter and John Heal a Lame Man at the Temple

3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time ⁷  for prayer, ⁸  at three o’clock in the afternoon. ⁹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 12:1

James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12:1 About that time King Herod ¹⁰  laid hands on ¹¹  some from the church to harm them. ¹² 

Kisah Para Rasul 26:14

26:14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ¹³  ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself ¹⁴  by kicking against the goads.’ ¹⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 26:2

26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, ¹⁶  I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

Kisah Para Rasul 2:12

2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Amsal 2:6

2:6 For ¹⁷  the Lord gives ¹⁸  wisdom,

and from his mouth ¹⁹  comes ²⁰  knowledge and understanding.

Amsal 20:5

20:5 Counsel ²¹  in a person’s heart ²²  is like ²³  deep water, ²⁴ 

but an understanding person ²⁵  draws it out.

Amsal 28:2

28:2 When a country is rebellious ²⁶  it has many princes, ²⁷ 

but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable ²⁸  order is maintained. ²⁹ 

Daniel 2:21

2:21 He changes times and seasons,

deposing some kings

and establishing others. ³⁰ 

He gives wisdom to the wise;

he imparts knowledge to those with understanding; ³¹ 

Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order ³²  to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men ³³  in order to explain his dreams to him. ³⁴  So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. ³⁵ 

Titus 2:7

2:7 showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Titus 2:1

Conduct Consistent with Sound Teaching

2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with ³⁶  sound teaching.

Yohanes 5:20

5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

[8:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and Sherebiah.” The words “this man was” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[8:18]  ² tn Or “relatives” (so CEV; NRSV “kin”); also in v. 19.

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “the heads of their families.”

[3:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Or “portico,” “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.” The translation “covered walkway” (a descriptive translation) was used here because the architectural term “portico” or “colonnade” is less familiar. However, the more technical term “portico” was retained in the actual name that follows.

[3:11]  ⁶ sn Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex. It was located on the east side of the temple (Josephus, Ant. 15.11.3-5 [15.391-420], 20.9.7 [20.221]) and was a place of commerce and conversation.

[3:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “hour.”

[3:1]  ⁸ sn Going up to the temple at the time for prayer. The earliest Christians, being of Jewish roots, were still participating in the institutions of Judaism at this point. Their faith in Christ did not make them non-Jewish in their practices.

[3:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).

[12:1]  ¹⁰ sn King Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great). His mediocre career is summarized in Josephus, Ant. 18-19. This event took place in a.d. 42 or 43.

[12:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “King Herod had some from the church arrested.”

[12:1]  ¹² tn Or “to cause them injury.”

[26:14]  ¹³ tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See Acts 22:7 and 9:4.

[26:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “It is hard for you.”

[26:14]  ¹⁵ tn “Goads” are pointed sticks used to direct a draft animal (an idiom for stubborn resistance). See BDAG 539-40 s.v. κέντρον 2.

[26:14]  sn Sayings which contain the imagery used here (kicking against the goads) were also found in Greek writings; see Pindar, Pythians 2.94-96; Euripides, Bacchae 795.

[26:2]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[2:6]  ¹⁷ tn This is a causal clause. The reason one must fear and know the Lord is that he is the source of true, effectual wisdom.

[2:6]  ¹⁸ tn The verb is an imperfect tense which probably functions as a habitual imperfect describing a universal truth in the past, present and future.

[2:6]  ¹⁹ sn This expression is an anthropomorphism; it indicates that the Lord is the immediate source or author of the wisdom. It is worth noting that in the incarnation many of these “anthropomorphisms” become literal in the person of the Logos, the Word, Jesus, who reveals the Father.

[2:6]  ²⁰ tn The verb “comes” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.

[20:5]  ²¹ sn The noun means “advice, counsel”; it can have the connotation of planning or making decisions. Those with understanding can sort out plans.

[20:5]  ²² tn Heb “in the heart of a man”; NRSV “in the human mind.”

[20:5]  ²³ tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied for the sake of clarity.

[20:5]  ²⁴ sn The motives or plans of a person are “difficult to fathom”; it takes someone with understanding to discover and surface them (the verb in the last colon continues the figure with the sense of bringing the plans to the surface and sorting them out).

[20:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “a man of understanding”; TEV “someone with insight”; NLT “the wise.”

[28:2]  ²⁶ sn The Hebrew word translated “rebellious” has rebellion as its basic meaning, and that is the idea here. The proverb is describing a time when sinfulness brings about social and political unrest.

[28:2]  ²⁷ tn Heb “many are its princes” (so NASB).

[28:2]  sn In such a chaotic time there will be many rulers, either simultaneously or in a rapid sequence. The times of the judges or the days of the northern kings of Israel provide examples.

[28:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “a man who understands [and] knows”; NRSV “an intelligent ruler”; NLT “wise and knowledgeable leaders.”

[28:2]  ²⁹ tc The LXX reads (probably from a different underlying Hebrew text): “It is the fault of a violent man that quarrels start, but they are settled by a man of discernment.” For a survey of suggestions, see C. H. Toy, Proverbs (ICC), 495, and W. McKane, Proverbs (OTL), 630.

[28:2]  tn This last line is difficult. The MT has כֵּן יַאֲרִיךְ (ken ya’arikh). The verb means “to prolong,” but כֵּן (ken) is open to several possibilities for meaning. J. H. Greenstone’s interpretation of it as a noun from the Hollow root כּוּן (kun) with a meaning of “established order” is what is expected here (Proverbs, 293).

[28:2]  sn For a study of the verses in chapters 28 and 29 concerning kings and governments, see B. V. Malchow, “A Manual for Future Monarchs,” CBQ 47 (1985): 238-45.

[2:21]  ³⁰ tn Aram “kings.”

[2:21]  ³¹ tn Aram “the knowers of understanding.”

[2:2]  ³² tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

[2:2]  ³³ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.

[2:2]  ³⁴ tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

[2:2]  ³⁵ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

[2:1]  ³⁶ tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).