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Job 31:2

Context

31:2 What then would be one’s lot from God above,

one’s heritage from the Almighty 1  on high?

Job 31:28

Context

31:28 then this 2  also would be iniquity to be judged, 3 

for I would have been false 4  to God above.

1 tn Heb “lot of Shaddai,” which must mean “the lot from Shaddai,” a genitive of source.

2 tn Heb “it.”

3 tn See v. 11 for the construction. In Deut 17:2ff. false worship of heavenly bodies is a capital offense. In this passage, Job is talking about just a momentary glance at the sun or moon and the brief lapse into a pagan thought. But it is still sin.

4 tn The verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the Piel means “to deny.” The root meaning is “to deceive; to disappoint; to grow lean.” Here it means that he would have failed or proven unfaithful because his act would have been a denial of God.



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