Ayub 21:11-12

21:11 They allow their children to run ¹  like a flock;

their little ones dance about.

21:12 They sing ²  to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp,

and make merry to the sound of the flute.

Ulangan 28:32

28:32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. ³ 

Ulangan 28:41

28:41 You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity.

Ulangan 28:2

28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ⁴  if you obey the Lord your God:

Kisah Para Rasul 9:7-8

9:7 (Now the men ⁵  who were traveling with him stood there speechless, ⁶  because they heard the voice but saw no one.) ⁷  9:8 So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, ⁸  he could see nothing. ⁹  Leading him by the hand, his companions ¹⁰  brought him into Damascus.

Kisah Para Rasul 10:6-10

10:6 This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, ¹¹  whose house is by the sea.” 10:7 When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius ¹²  called two of his personal servants ¹³  and a devout soldier from among those who served him, ¹⁴  10:8 and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

10:9 About noon ¹⁵  the next day, while they were on their way and approaching ¹⁶  the city, Peter went up on the roof ¹⁷  to pray. 10:10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him. ¹⁸ 

Ester 5:11

5:11 Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, ¹⁹  his many sons, ²⁰  and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.

Ester 9:5-10

9:5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies. 9:6 In Susa the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 9:7 In addition, they also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 9:8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9:9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, 9:10 the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.

Mazmur 109:13

109:13 May his descendants ²¹  be cut off! ²² 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ²³ 

Hosea 9:13-14

9:13 Just as lion cubs are born predators, ²⁴ 

so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

9:14 Give them, O Lord –

what will you give them?

Give them wombs that miscarry,

and breasts that cannot nurse! ²⁵ 

Lukas 23:29

23:29 For this is certain: ²⁶  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ²⁷ 

[21:11]  ¹ tn The verb שָׁלַח (shalakh) means “to send forth,” but in the Piel “to release; to allow to run free.” The picture of children frolicking in the fields and singing and dancing is symbolic of peaceful, prosperous times.

[21:12]  ² tn The verb is simply “they take up [or lift up],” but the understood object is “their voices,” and so it means “they sing.”

[28:32]  ³ tn Heb “and there will be no power in your hand”; NCV “there will be nothing you can do.”

[28:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

[9:7]  ⁵ tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which is used only rarely in a generic sense of both men and women. In the historical setting here, Paul’s traveling companions were almost certainly all males.

[9:7]  ⁶ tn That is, unable to speak because of fear or amazement. See BDAG 335 s.v. ἐνεός.

[9:7]  ⁷ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Acts 22:9 appears to indicate that they saw the light but did not hear a voice. They were “witnesses” that something happened.

[9:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “his eyes being open,” a genitive absolute construction that has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[9:8]  ⁹ sn He could see nothing. This sign of blindness, which was temporary until v. 18, is like the sign of deafness experienced by Zechariah in Luke 1. It allowed some time for Saul (Paul) to reflect on what had happened without distractions.

[9:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Saul’s companions) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “with a certain Simon Berseus.” Although most modern English translations treat βυρσεῖ (bursei) as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), it is possible that the word is actually Simon’s surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”). BDAG 185 s.v. βυρσεύς regards it as a surname. See also MM 118.

[10:7]  ¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Cornelius) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:7]  ¹³ tn Or “domestic servants.” The Greek word here is οἰκέτης (oiketh"), which technically refers to a member of the household, but usually means a household servant (slave) or personal servant rather than a field laborer.

[10:7]  ¹⁴ tn The meaning of the genitive participle προσκαρτερούντων (proskarterountwn) could either be “a soldier from the ranks of those who served him” (referring to his entire command) or “a soldier from among his personal staff” (referring to a group of soldiers who were his personal attendants). The translation “from among those who served him” is general enough to cover either possibility.

[10:9]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “about the sixth hour.”

[10:9]  ¹⁶ tn The participles ὁδοιπορούντων (Jodoiporountwn, “while they were on their way”) and ἐγγιζόντων (engizontwn, “approaching”) have been translated as temporal participles.

[10:9]  ¹⁷ sn Went up on the roof. Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.

[10:10]  ¹⁸ tn The traditional translation, “he fell into a trance,” is somewhat idiomatic; it is based on the textual variant ἐπέπεσεν (epepesen, “he fell”) found in the Byzantine text but almost certainly not original.

[5:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the glory of his riches” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “the splendor of his riches.”

[5:11]  ²⁰ sn According to Esth 9:10 Haman had ten sons.

[109:13]  ²¹ tn Or “offspring.”

[109:13]  ²² sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.

[109:13]  ²³ tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”

[9:13]  ²⁴ tc The MT is corrupt in 9:13. The BHS editors suggest emending the text to follow the LXX reading. See D. Barthélemy, ed., Preliminary and Interim Report on the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, 5:250-51.

[9:14]  ²⁵ tn Heb “breasts that shrivel up dry”; cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV “dry breasts.”

[23:29]  ²⁶ tn Grk “For behold.”

[23:29]  ²⁷ tn Grk “Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed!”

[23:29]  sn Normally barrenness is a sign of judgment, because birth would be seen as a sign of blessing. The reversal of imagery indicates that something was badly wrong.