5:27 Look, we have investigated this, so it is true.
Hear it, 1 and apply it for your own 2 good.” 3
22:21 “Reconcile yourself 4 with God, 5
and be at peace 6 with him;
in this way your prosperity will be good.
34:4 Let us evaluate 7 for ourselves what is right; 8
let us come to know among ourselves what is good.
1 tn To make a better parallelism, some commentators have replaced the imperative with another finite verb, “we have found it.”
2 tn The preposition with the suffix (referred to as the ethical dative) strengthens the imperative. An emphatic personal pronoun also precedes the imperative. The resulting force would be something like “and you had better apply it for your own good!”
3 sn With this the speech by Eliphaz comes to a close. His two mistakes with it are: (1) that the tone was too cold and (2) the argument did not fit Job’s case (see further, A. B. Davidson, Job, 42).
4 tn The verb סָכַן (sakhan) meant “to be useful; to be profitable” in v. 2. Now, in the Hiphil it means “to be accustomed to” or “to have experience with.” Joined by the preposition “with” it means “to be reconciled with him.” W. B. Bishai cites Arabic and Ugaritic words to support a meaning “acquiesce” (“Notes on hskn in Job 22:21,” JNES 20 [1961]: 258-59).
5 tn Heb “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The two imperatives in this verse imply a relationship of succession and not consequence.
7 sn Elihu means “choose after careful examination.”
8 tn The word is מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) again, with the sense of what is right or just.