Discovery BoxJob 29:11 
ContextJob’s Benevolence
29:11 “As soon as the ear heard these things, 1 it blessed me, 2
and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
Job 37:4
Context37:4 After that a voice roars;
he thunders with an exalted voice,
and he does not hold back his lightning bolts 3
when his voice is heard.
1 tn The words “these things” and “them” in the next colon are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The main clause is introduced by the preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive (see GKC 327 §111.h); the clause before it is therefore temporal and circumstantial to the main clause.
3 tn The verb simply has the pronominal suffix, “them.” The idea must be that when God brings in all the thunderings he does not hold back his lightning bolts either.
