Mazmur 94:20

94:20 Cruel rulers ¹  are not your allies,

those who make oppressive laws. ² 

Yesaya 10:1

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ³ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ⁴ 

Lukas 6:38

6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, ⁵  will be poured ⁶  into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” ⁷ 

[94:20]  ¹ tn Heb “a throne of destruction.” “Throne” stands here by metonymy for rulers who occupy thrones.

[94:20]  ² tn Heb “Is a throne of destruction united to you, one that forms trouble upon a statute?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “Of course not!” The translation, while not preserving the interrogative form of the statement, reflects its rhetorical force.

[10:1]  ³ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[6:38]  ⁵ sn The background to the image pressed down, shaken together, running over is pouring out grain for measure in the marketplace. One often poured the grain into a container, shook it to level out the grain and then poured in some more. Those who are generous have generosity running over for them.

[6:38]  ⁶ tn Grk “they will give”; that is, “pour.” The third person plural has been replaced by the passive in the translation.

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured back to you.”