Discovery BoxJob 40:2 
Context40:2 “Will the one who contends 1 with the Almighty correct him? 2
Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
Job 40:5
Context40:5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer;
twice, but I will say no more.” 3
Job 40:8
Context40:8 Would you indeed annul 4 my justice?
Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
1 tn The form רֹב (rov) is the infinitive absolute from the verb רִיב (riv, “contend”). Dhorme wishes to repoint it to make it the active participle, the “one who argues with the Almighty.”
2 tn The verb יִסּוֹר (yissor) is found only here, but comes from a common root meaning “to correct; to reprove.” Several suggestions have been made to improve on the MT. Dhorme read it יָסוּר (yasur) in the sense of “to turn aside; to yield.” Ehrlich read this emendation as “to come to an end.” But the MT could be read as “to correct; to instruct.”
3 tn Heb “I will not add.”
4 tn The verb פָּרַר (parar) means “to annul; to break; to frustrate.” It was one thing for Job to claim his own integrity, but it was another matter altogether to nullify God’s righteousness in the process.
