22 has 31 verses, while in the Hebrew Bible it has 30 verses, with the one extra verse attached to ch. 21 in the Hebrew Bible. Exodus 22:1 tn The imperfect tense here has the nuance of obligatory imperfect—he must pay back. Exodus 22:1 tn בָּקַר (baqar) and ...
Proverbs 25:7 sn This proverb, covering the two verses, is teaching that it is wiser to be promoted than to risk demotion by self-promotion. The point is clear: Trying to promote oneself could bring on public humiliation, but it would be an honor to have everyone in court hear the pro...
That central thing about Christ on which my faith has to fasten itself is His expiatory death upon the Cross for sin. Am I to be justified through Him at all? Then it is "through faith in His blood" (Romans 3:25). Have I, an enemy, been "reconciled to God" by His Son at all?
22 has 31 verses, while in the Hebrew Bible it has 30 verses, with the one extra verse attached to ch. 21 in the Hebrew Bible. Exodus 22:1 tn The imperfect tense here has the nuance of obligatory imperfect—he must pay back. Exodus 22:1 tn בָּקַר (baqar) and ...
The Ten Commandments - And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
Proverbs 29:1 tn The idiom “to harden the neck” (מַקְשֶׁה־עֹרֶף, maqsheh ʿoref) is the idea of resisting the rebukes and persisting in obstinacy (e.g., Exod 32:9). The opposite of a “stiff neck” would be the bending back, i.e., su...
Exodus 20:5tnVerses 5and6are very concise, and the wordפָּקַד(paqad) is difficult to translate. Often rendered “visiting,” it might here be rendered “dealing with” in a negative sense or “punishing,” but it describes positive attention in13:19. When used of God, ...