² tn See the note on this list in 3:8.

² sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.

¹ tn Heb “book” or “roll.” Cf. NIV “written account”; NRSV “list.”

² sn The sons are not listed in order by age. Japheth was oldest (10:21); Ham was youngest (9:24). Shem is listed first due to importance.

¹ tn The word “every” is not in the Greek text, but is implied by the following list.

¹ sn For discussion of the items listed here, see the study notes at Jer 27:19.

¹ tn The precise meaning of many of the words in this list is uncertain.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

¹ tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.

¹ tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

¹ tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

² tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.

² tn The MT reads “Eliphelet” here, but 1 Chr 14:5 lists the name as “Elpelet” and is followed by some English versions here (e.g., TEV, NLT). Another son named “Eliphelet” is listed in 3:8.

⁷ tc The LXX adds “Girgashites” here at the end of the list in order to list the full (and usual) complement of seven (see note on “seven” in Deut 7:1).

¹ tn BDAG 1105-6 s.v. ὡς 8.b lists this use as a temporal conjunction.

¹ tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”

¹ tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.b lists this passage under the meaning “stop speaking, become silent.”

¹ sn Here is the apodosis, the imprecation Job pronounces on himself if he has done any of these things just listed.