Mazmur 37:35
Konteks37:35 I have seen ruthless evil men 1
growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. 2
Yesaya 40:24
Konteks40:24 Indeed, they are barely planted;
yes, they are barely sown;
yes, they barely take root in the earth,
and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up,
and the wind carries them away like straw.
Yeremia 12:2
Konteks12:2 You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. 3
They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. 4
They always talk about you,
but they really care nothing about you. 5
Yehezkiel 17:6
Konteks17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,
spreading low to the ground; 6
its branches turning toward him, 7 its roots were under itself. 8
So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
[37:35] 1 tn The Hebrew uses the representative singular again here.
[37:35] 2 tn Heb “being exposed [?] like a native, luxuriant.” The Hebrew form מִתְעָרֶה (mit’areh) appears to be a Hitpael participle from עָרָה (’arah, “be exposed”), but this makes no sense in this context. Perhaps the form is a dialectal variant of מִתְעָלָה (“giving oneself an air of importance”; see Jer 51:3), from עָלָה (’alah, “go up”; see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 296). The noun אֶזְרָח (’ezrakh, “native, full citizen”) refers elsewhere to people, but here, where it is collocated with “luxuriant, green,” it probably refers to a tree growing in native soil.
[12:2] 3 tn Heb “You planted them and they took root.”
[12:2] 4 tn Heb “they grow and produce fruit.” For the nuance “grow” for the verb which normally means “go, walk,” see BDB 232 s.v. חָלַךְ Qal.I.3 and compare Hos 14:7.
[12:2] 5 tn Heb “You are near in their mouths, but far from their kidneys.” The figure of substitution is being used here, “mouth” for “words” and “kidneys” for passions and affections. A contemporary equivalent might be, “your name is always on their lips, but their hearts are far from you.”
[17:6] 6 tn Heb “short of stature.”
