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Job 29:3

Context

29:3 when 1  he caused 2  his lamp 3 

to shine upon my head,

and by his light

I walked 4  through darkness; 5 

Job 31:16

Context

31:16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, 6 

or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

1 tn This clause is in apposition to the preceding (see GKC 426 §131.o). It offers a clarification.

2 tn The form בְּהִלּוֹ (bÿhillo) is unusual; it should be parsed as a Hiphil infinitive construct with the elision of the ה (he). The proper spelling would have been with a ַ (patakh) under the preposition, reflecting הַהִלּוֹ (hahillo). If it were Qal, it would just mean “when his light shone.”

3 sn Lamp and light are symbols of God’s blessings of life and all the prosperous and good things it includes.

4 tn Here too the imperfect verb is customary – it describes action that was continuous, but in a past time.

5 tn The accusative (“darkness”) is here an adverbial accusative of place, namely, “in the darkness,” or because he was successfully led by God’s light, “through the darkness” (see GKC 374 §118.h).

6 tn Heb “kept the poor from [their] desire.”



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