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Job 6:20

Context

6:20 They were distressed, 1 

because each one had been 2  so confident;

they arrived there, 3  but were disappointed.

Job 41:16

Context

41:16 each one is so close to the next 4 

that no air can come between them.

1 tn The verb בּוֹשׁ (bosh) basically means “to be ashamed”; however, it has a wider range of meaning such as “disappointed” or “distressed.” The feeling of shame or distress is because of their confidence that they knew what they were doing. The verb is strengthened here with the parallel חָפַר (khafar, “to be confounded, disappointed”).

2 tn The perfect verb has the nuance of past perfect here, for their confidence preceded their disappointment. Note the contrast, using these verbs, in Ps 22:6: “they trusted in you and they were not put to shame [i.e., disappointed].”

3 tn The LXX misread the prepositional phrase as the noun “their cities”; it gives the line as “They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.”

4 tn The expression “each one…to the next” is literally “one with one.”



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