mat denotes male persons, whether counted as a small group, identified by affiliation, or set beside women and children.

The supplied verses use the plural noun for male persons: they may be few in number, belong to a household or counsel, be characterized by conduct, or stand in explicit contrast to women and children.

1. Male persons in groups and contrasts · dominant

   The plural forms identify people in concrete groups: in Deuteronomy 2:34 the APB renders a city’s population as “the men, the women, and the children,” while in Job 19:19 it speaks of “the men of my counsel.” In Genesis 34:30 and Psalm 105:12, the clause concerns being few in number; Psalm 17:14 identifies “men of the world,” and Isaiah 3:25 places the men of Jerusalem in the setting of falling by the sword.

   Deuteronomy 2:34Genesis 34:30Job 19:19Psalm 105:12Psalm 17:14Isaiah 3:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the referents as “men,” including “men of my counsel,” “evil men,” and “men of the world”; in numerical contexts it also renders the surrounding clause as “few in number.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, exact English correspondence is not isolable in every occurrence.