934 B
934 B
It is this promise that our twelve tribes sought to receive
The phrase "our twelve tribes" stands for the people in those tribes. Alternate translation: "this is what our fellow Jews in the twelve tribes sought to receive" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the promise that our twelve tribes hope to receive
This speaks about a promise being fulfilled as if it were an object that can be received. Alternate translation: "the promise that our twelve tribes wait for God to fulfill" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
worship God earnestly night and day
The extremes "night" and "day" are used together to mean consistently mean Alternate translation: "continually worship God earnestly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
that the Jews
This does not mean all the Jews. Alternate translation: "that the leaders of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)