Keluaran 23:25

23:25 You must serve ¹  the Lord your God, and he ²  will bless your bread and your water, ³  and I will remove sickness from your midst.

Ulangan 28:1-14

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁴  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁵  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth. 28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ⁶  if you obey the Lord your God: 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. ⁷  28:4 Your children ⁸  will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 28:5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 28:6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. ⁹  28:7 The Lord will cause your enemies who attack ¹⁰  you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction ¹¹  but flee from you in seven different directions. 28:8 The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do – yes, he will bless you in the land he ¹²  is giving you. 28:9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments ¹³  and obey him. ¹⁴  28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, ¹⁵  and they will respect you. 28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ¹⁶  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ¹⁷  promised your ancestors ¹⁸  he would give you. 28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ¹⁹  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any. 28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his ²⁰  commandments which I am urging ²¹  you today to be careful to do. 28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving ²²  you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship ²³  them.

Ulangan 28:2

28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ²⁴  if you obey the Lord your God:

Kisah Para Rasul 4:1

The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John

4:1 While Peter and John ²⁵  were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander ²⁶  of the temple guard ²⁷  and the Sadducees ²⁸  came up ²⁹  to them,

Mazmur 37:16

37:16 The little bit that a godly man owns is better than

the wealth of many evil men, ³⁰ 

Amsal 10:22

10:22 The blessing ³¹  from the Lord ³²  makes a person rich, ³³ 

and he adds no sorrow ³⁴  to ³⁵  it.

Hagai 1:6

1:6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’” ³⁶ 

Hagai 1:9

1:9 ‘You expected a large harvest, but instead ³⁷  there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. ³⁸  Why?’ asks the Lord who rules over all. ‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! ³⁹ 

Maleakhi 2:2

2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously ⁴⁰  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ⁴¹  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

Matius 4:4

4:4 But he answered, ⁴²  “It is written, ‘Man ⁴³  does not live ⁴⁴  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” ⁴⁵ 

Markus 6:41-42

6:41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He ⁴⁶  gave them to his ⁴⁷  disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all. 6:42 They all ate and were satisfied,

[23:25]  ¹ tn The perfect tense, masculine plural, with vav (ו) consecutive is in sequence with the preceding: do not bow down to them, but serve Yahweh. It is then the equivalent of an imperfect of instruction or injunction.

[23:25]  ² tn The LXX reads “and I will bless” to make the verb conform with the speaker, Yahweh.

[23:25]  ³ sn On this unusual clause B. Jacob says that it is the reversal of the curse in Genesis, because the “bread and water” represent the field work and ground suitability for abundant blessing of provisions (Exodus, 734).

[28:1]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[28:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

[28:3]  ⁷ tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.

[28:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[28:6]  ⁹ sn Come in…go out. To “come in” and “go out” is a figure of speech (merism) indicating all of life and its activities.

[28:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who rise up against” (so NIV).

[28:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “way” (also later in this verse and in v. 25).

[28:8]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” Because English would not typically reintroduce the proper name following a relative pronoun (“he will bless…the Lord your God is giving”), the pronoun (“he”) has been employed here in the translation.

[28:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

[28:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and walk in his ways” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[28:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the name of the Lord is called over you.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership; see 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1, as well as BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph. 2.d.(4).

[28:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

[28:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).

[28:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[28:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:13]  ²¹ tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”

[28:14]  ²² tn Heb “from all the words which I am commanding.”

[28:14]  ²³ tn Heb “in order to serve.”

[28:2]  ²⁴ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

[4:1]  ²⁵ tn Grk “While they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:1]  ²⁶ tn Or “captain.”

[4:1]  ²⁷ tn Grk “the official of the temple,” a title for the commander of the Jewish soldiers guarding the temple (thus the translation, “the commander of the temple guard”). See L&N 37.91.

[4:1]  sn The commander of the temple guard was the title of the officer commanding the Jewish soldiers responsible for guarding and keeping order in the temple courts in Jerusalem.

[4:1]  ²⁸ sn The Sadducees controlled the official political structures of Judaism at this time, being the majority members of the Sanhedrin. They were known as extremely strict on law and order issues (Josephus, J. W. 2.8.2 [2.119], 2.8.14 [2.164-166]; Ant. 13.5.9 [13.171-173], 13.10.6 [13.293-298], 18.1.2 [18.11], 18.1.4 [18.16-17], 20.9.1 [20.199]; Life 2 [10-11]). See also Matt 3:7; 16:1-12; 22:23-34; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 5:17; 23:6-8.

[4:1]  ²⁹ tn Or “approached.” This verb often denotes a sudden appearing (BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1).

[37:16]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Better [is] a little to the godly one than the wealth of many evil ones.” The following verses explain why this is true. Though a godly individual may seem to have only meager possessions, he always has what he needs and will eventually possess the land. The wicked may prosper for a brief time, but will eventually be destroyed by divine judgment and lose everything.

[10:22]  ³¹ tn The term בְּרָכָּה (bÿrakhah, “blessing”) refers to a gift, enrichment or endowment from the Lord.

[10:22]  ³² tn Heb “of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) functions here as a genitive of source.

[10:22]  ³³ tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB); NAB “brings wealth.” The direct object “a person” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the Hiphil verb; it is supplied in the translation.

[10:22]  ³⁴ tn Heb “toil.” The noun עֶצֶב (’etsev) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “toil; labor” which produces pain and sorrow, and (2) “pain; sorrow” which is the result of toil and labor (BDB 780 s.v.). This is the word used of the curse of “toil” in man’s labor (Gen 3:17) and the “pain” in the woman’s child-bearing (Gen 3:16). God’s blessing is pure and untarnished – it does not bring physical pain or emotional sorrow.

[10:22]  ³⁵ tn Heb “with.”

[1:6]  ³⁶ tn Some translate “pockets” (so NLT) but the Hebrew word צְרוֹר (tsÿror) refers to a bag, pouch, or purse of money (BDB 865 s.v. צְרוֹר; HALOT 1054 s.v. צְרוֹר 1). Because coinage had been invented by the Persians and was thus in use in Haggai’s day, this likely is a money bag or purse rather than pouches or pockets in the clothing. Since in contemporary English “purse” (so NASB, NIV, NCV) could be understood as a handbag, the present translation uses “money bags.”

[1:9]  ³⁷ tn Heb “look!” (הִנֵּה, hinneh). The term, an interjection, draws attention to the point being made.

[1:9]  ³⁸ tn Heb “I blew it away” (so NRSV, TEV, NLT). The imagery here suggests that human achievements are so fragile and temporal that a mere breath from God can destroy them (see Ezek 22:20, 21; and Isa 40:7 with נָשַׁב, nashav).

[1:9]  ³⁹ tn Heb “and each of you runs to his own house”; NIV “is busy with”; TEV “is busy working on”; NCV “work hard for.”

[2:2]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”

[2:2]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”

[4:4]  ⁴² tn Grk “answering, he said.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the syntax of the phrase has been changed for clarity.

[4:4]  ⁴³ tn Or “a person.” Greek ὁ ἄνθρωπος (Jo anqrwpo") is used generically for humanity. The translation “man” is used because the emphasis in Jesus’ response seems to be on his dependence on God as a man.

[4:4]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “will not live.” The verb in Greek is a future tense, but it is unclear whether it is meant to be taken as a command (also known as an imperatival future) or as a statement of reality (predictive future).

[4:4]  ⁴⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 8:3.

[6:41]  ⁴⁶ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[6:41]  ⁴⁷ tc ‡ Most mss (Ì⁴⁵ A D W Θ Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy) have αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) after τοῖς μαθηταῖς (toi" maqhtai", “the disciples”), but several excellent witnesses (א B L Δ 33 579 892 1241 1424 2427 pc) lack the pronoun. This kind of variant is often a predictable expansion of the text; further, that many important mss lack the pronoun gives support for the shorter reading. For these reasons, the pronoun is considered to be secondary. NA²⁷ puts αὐτοῦ in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.

[6:41]  tn Grk “the disciples”; the Greek article has been translated here as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).