13:26 For you write down 1 bitter things against me
and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. 2
33:25 then his flesh is restored 3 like a youth’s;
he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. 4
1 tn The meaning is that of writing down a formal charge against someone (cf. Job 31:15).
2 sn Job acknowledges sins in his youth, but they are trifling compared to the suffering he now endures. Job thinks it unjust of God to persecute him now for those – if that is what is happening.
3 tc The word רֻטֲפַשׁ (rutafash) is found nowhere else. One suggestion is that it should be יִרְטַב (yirtav, “to become fresh”), connected to רָטַב (ratav, “to be well watered [or moist]”). It is also possible that it was a combination of רָטַב (ratav, “to be well watered”) and טָפַשׁ (tafash, “to grow fat”). But these are all guesses in the commentaries.
4 tn The word describes the period when the man is healthy and vigorous, ripe for what life brings his way.