Ibrani 12:1

The Lord’s Discipline

12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, ¹  we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

Ibrani 13:7

13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

Kidung Agung 1:8

The Lover to His Beloved:

1:8 If you do not know, O most beautiful of women,

simply follow the tracks of my flock,

and pasture your little lambs

beside the tents of the shepherds.

Yeremia 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to his people: ² 

“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. ³ 

Ask where the old, reliable paths ⁴  are.

Ask where the path is that leads to blessing ⁵  and follow it.

If you do, you will find rest for your souls.”

But they said, “We will not follow it!”

Roma 4:12

4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ⁶  who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. ⁷ 

Yakobus 5:10-11

5:10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, ⁸  take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name. 5:11 Think of how we regard ⁹  as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. ¹⁰ 

Yakobus 5:1

Warning to the Rich

5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud ¹¹  over the miseries that are coming on you.

Pengkhotbah 3:5-6

3:5 A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones;

a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

3:6 A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; ¹² 

a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

[12:1]  ¹ tn Grk “having such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us.”

[6:16]  ² tn The words, “to his people” are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

[6:16]  ³ tn Heb “Stand at the crossroads and look.”

[6:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the Lord set out in ancient times (cf. Deut 32:7).

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the way of/to the good.”

[4:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

[4:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”

[5:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “Behold! We regard…”

[5:11]  ¹⁰ sn An allusion to Exod 34:6; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; 102:13; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2.

[5:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”

[3:6]  ¹² tn The term לְאַבֵּד (lÿ’abbed, Piel infinitive construct from אָבַד, ’avad, “to destroy”) means “to lose” (e.g., Jer 23:1) as the contrast with בָּקַשׁ (baqash, “to seek to find”) indicates (HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד; BDB 2 s.v. אבד 3). This is the declarative or delocutive-estimative sense of the Piel: “to view something as lost” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 28, §145; IBHS 403 §24.2g).