Yosua 1:8
Konteks1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! 1 You must memorize it 2 day and night so you can carefully obey 3 all that is written in it. Then you will prosper 4 and be successful. 5
Yesaya 49:4
Konteks49:4 But I thought, 6 “I have worked in vain;
I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” 7
But the Lord will vindicate me;
my God will reward me. 8
[1:8] sn This law scroll must not leave your lips. The ancient practice of reading aloud to oneself as an aid to memorization is in view here.
[1:8] 2 tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).
[1:8] 3 tn Heb “be careful to do.”
[1:8] 4 tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”
[1:8] 5 tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.
[49:4] 6 tn Or “said” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “I replied.”
[49:4] 7 tn Heb “for nothing and emptiness.” Synonyms are combined to emphasize the common idea.
[49:4] 8 tn Heb “But my justice is with the Lord, and my reward [or “wage”] with my God.”