Kejadian 43:31

43:31 Then he washed his face and came out. With composure he said, ¹  “Set out the food.”

Lukas 18:7

18:7 Won’t ²  God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out ³  to him day and night? ⁴  Will he delay ⁵  long to help them?

Lukas 18:2

18:2 He said, ⁶  “In a certain city ⁷  there was a judge ⁸  who neither feared God nor respected people. ⁹ 

1 Petrus 3:9

3:9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless ¹⁰  others ¹¹  because you were called to inherit a blessing.

[43:31]  ¹ tn Heb “and he controlled himself and said.”

[18:7]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:7]  ³ sn The prayers have to do with the righteous who cry out to him to receive justice. The context assumes the righteous are persecuted.

[18:7]  ⁴ tn The emphatic particles in this sentence indicate that God will indeed give justice to the righteous.

[18:7]  ⁵ sn The issue of delay has produced a whole host of views for this verse. (1) Does this assume provision to endure in the meantime? Or (2) does it mean God restricts the level of persecution until he comes? Either view is possible.

[18:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”

[18:2]  ⁷ tn Or “town.”

[18:2]  ⁸ sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.

[18:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.

[3:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “not returning…but blessing,” continuing the sense of command from the preceding.

[3:9]  ¹¹ tn The direct object “others” is omitted but implied in Greek, and must be supplied to suit English style.