15:11 Are God’s consolations 1 too trivial for you; 2
or a word spoken 3 in gentleness to you?
33:6 Look, I am just like you in relation to God;
I too have been molded 4 from clay.
1 sn The word תַּנְחֻמוֹת (tankhumot) occurs here and only in Job 21:34. The words of comfort and consolation that they have been offering to Job are here said to be “of God.” But Job will call them miserable comforters (16:2).
2 tn The formula “is it too little for you” or “is it too slight a matter for you” is also found in Isa 7:13 (see GKC 430 §133.c).
3 tn The word “spoken” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.
4 tn The verb means “nipped off,” as a potter breaks off a piece of clay when molding a vessel.