Hakim-hakim 2:10

2:10 That entire generation passed away; ¹  a new generation grew up ²  that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. ³ 

Ayub 21:15

21:15 Who is the Almighty, that ⁴  we should serve him?

What would we gain

if we were to pray ⁵  to him?’ ⁶ 

Maleakhi 3:14

3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped ⁷  by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? ⁸ 

[2:10]  ¹ tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

[2:10]  ² tn Heb “arose after them.”

[2:10]  ³ tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

[21:15]  ⁴ tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn The verb פָּגַע (paga’) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.

[21:15]  ⁶ tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “What [is the] profit”; NIV “What did we gain.”

[3:14]  ⁸ sn The people’s public display of self-effacing piety has gone unrewarded by the Lord. The reason, of course, is that it was blatantly hypocritical.