Job 26:13

26:13 By his breath ¹  the skies became fair;

his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. ² 

Job 32:5

32:5 But when Elihu saw ³  that the three men had no further reply, ⁴  he became very angry.

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¹ tn Or “wind”; or perhaps “Spirit.” The same Hebrew word, רוּחַ (ruakh), may be translated as “wind,” “breath,” or “spirit/Spirit” depending on the context.

² sn Here too is a reference to pagan views indirectly. The fleeing serpent was a designation for Leviathan, whom the book will simply describe as an animal, but the pagans thought to be a monster of the deep. God’s power over nature is associated with defeat of pagan gods (see further W. F. Albright, Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan; idem, BASOR 53 [1941]: 39).

³ tn The first clause beginning with a vav (ו) consecutive and the preterite can be subordinated to the next similar verb as a temporal clause.

⁴ tn Heb “that there was no reply in the mouth of the three men.”