Keluaran 1:20

1:20 So God treated the midwives well, ¹  and the people multiplied and became very strong.

Ayub 4:8

4:8 Even as I have seen, ²  those who plow ³  iniquity ⁴ 

and those who sow trouble reap the same. ⁵ 

Galatia 6:7-8

6:7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. ⁶  For a person ⁷  will reap what he sows, 6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ⁸  will reap corruption ⁹  from the flesh, ¹⁰  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

[1:20]  ¹ tn The verb וַיֵּיטֶב (vayyetev) is the Hiphil preterite of יָטַב (yatav). In this stem the word means “to cause good, treat well, treat favorably.” The vav (ו) consecutive shows that this favor from God was a result of their fearing and obeying him.

[4:8]  ² tn The perfect verb here represents the indefinite past. It has no specific sighting in mind, but refers to each time he has seen the wicked do this.

[4:8]  ³ sn The figure is an implied metaphor. Plowing suggests the idea of deliberately preparing (or cultivating) life for evil. This describes those who are fundamentally wicked.

[4:8]  ⁴ tn The LXX renders this with a plural “barren places.”

[4:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “reap it.”

[6:7]  ⁶ tn Or “is not mocked,” “will not be ridiculed” (L&N 33.409). BDAG 660 s.v. μυκτηρίζω has “of God οὐ μ. he is not to be mocked, treated w. contempt, perh. outwitted Gal 6:7.”

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[6:8]  ⁸ tn BDAG 915 s.v. σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as σ. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξ…Gal 5:13, 24;…Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα…Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”

[6:8]  ⁹ tn Or “destruction.”

[6:8]  ¹⁰ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.