² tn Or “interrogated,” “asked.”

² tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis.

² tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

² tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

¹ tn In the interrogative clause the imperfect has a deliberative nuance.

³ tn On disjunctive interrogatives, see GKC 475 §150.g.

⁴ tn The conjunction אִם (ʾim) confirms the interrogative interpretation.

² sn The interrogative is used to express what is an impossibility.

⁵ tn This last clause begins with the interrogative “what,” but it is used here as an indirect interrogative. It introduces a noun clause, the object of the verb “know.”

² tn The interrogative particle used here in the Greek text (οὐχί, ouchi) expects a positive reply.

³ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the first line of the verse.

² tn The interrogative particle and the verb “spend” are understood here by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

¹ tn The interrogative particle is understood in the second line by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

² tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

⁴ tn The interrogative לָמָּה (lammah, “why?”) is understood by ellipsis in the second line.

¹ tn The interrogative with דֶרֶךְ (derekh) means “in what road” or “in what direction.”

¹ tn The demonstrative pronoun is used here to emphasize the interrogative pronoun (see GKC 442 §136.c).

¹ tn For the interrogative serving as a genitive, see GKC 442 §136.b.

¹ sn It is natural to assume that this verse continues the interrogative clause of the preceding verse.

¹ tn The interrogative מָה (mah) here has the sense of “why?” (see Job 7:21).