Keluaran 15:10

15:10 But ¹  you blew with your breath, and ²  the sea covered them.

They sank ³  like lead in the mighty waters.

Ayub 41:12

41:12 I will not keep silent about its limbs,

and the extent of its might,

and the grace of its arrangement. ⁴ 

Ayub 41:2

41:2 Can you put a cord through its nose,

or pierce its jaw with a hook?

1 Tesalonika 2:8

2:8 with such affection for you ⁵  we were happy ⁶  to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

[15:10]  ¹ tn “But” has been supplied here.

[15:10]  ² tn Here “and” has been supplied.

[15:10]  ³ tn The verb may have the idea of sinking with a gurgling sound, like water going into a whirlpool (R. A. Cole, Exodus [TOTC], 124; S. R. Driver, Exodus, 136). See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, “The Song of Miriam,” JNES 14 (1955): 243-47.

[41:12]  ⁴ tn Dhorme changes the noun into a verb, “I will tell,” and the last two words into אֵין עֶרֶךְ (’en ’erekh, “there is no comparison”). The result is “I will tell of his incomparable might.”

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “longing for you in this way.”

[2:8]  ⁶ tn Or “we are happy.” This verb may be past or present tense, but the context favors the past.