² tn The referent (the food) has been specified for clarity by repeating the word “food” from the previous clause.

¹ sn Jesus’ point repeats v. 3. The circumstances make no difference. All must deal with the reality of what death means.

¹ tn Grk “to my soul,” which is repeated as a vocative in the following statement, but is left untranslated as redundant.

¹ sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond.

¹ sn The commands of 1:2 are repeated here. See the note there on the combination of “arise” and “go.”

³ tn Heb “dispossess.” This root is repeated in the following line to emphasize poetic justice: The punishment will fit the crime.

¹ tn As a case of dittography, the MT repeats “and they were scattered” at the end of the verse.

³ tn Heb “I smash nations with you.” This same structure is repeated throughout the series in vv. 20c-23.

² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the righteous) has been repeated from the first part of the verse for clarity.

² sn A. B. Davidson (Job, 122) notes that spontaneous and repeated weeping is one of the symptoms of elephantiasis.

¹ tn The word עַוְלָה (ʿavlah) is repeated from the last verse. Here the focus is clearly on wickedness or injustice spoken.

³ tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tc The Lucianic Greek recension and Syriac Peshitta lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

¹ tn Heb “and the pillar of cloud.” This phrase was not repeated in the translation; a relative clause was used instead.

¹ tn The words “his clothes” are not in the Hebrew text, but are repeated in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of his servants.” This phrase is not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “your relatives.” The word “relatives” has not been repeated in the translation here for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “and the Lord did.” The divine name has not been repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “Lot traveled.” The proper name has not been repeated in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn This is a cognate noun of the verb translated “sexual immorality” earlier in the verse, but here the qualifier “sexual” has not been repeated for stylistic reasons.