20:9 People 1 who had seen him will not see him again,
and the place where he was
will recognize him no longer.
24:20 The womb 2 forgets him,
the worm feasts on him,
no longer will he be remembered.
Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
36:2 “Be patient 3 with me a little longer
and I will instruct you,
for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf. 4
1 tn Heb “the eye that had seen him.” Here a part of the person (the eye, the instrument of vision) is put by metonymy for the entire person.
2 tn Here “womb” is synecdoche, representing one’s mother.
3 tn The verb כָּתַּר (kattar) is the Piel imperative; in Hebrew the word means “to surround” and is related to the noun for crown. But in Syriac it means “to wait.” This section of the book of Job will have a few Aramaic words.
4 tn The Hebrew text simply has “for yet for God words.”