⁵ tn The word is literally “be right, righteous.” The idea of being right has appeared before for this word (cf. 9:15). The point here is that just because Job talks a lot does not mean he is right or will be shown to be right through it all.

² tn Heb “for right was the word in the eyes of all the people.”

¹ tn Heb “and his brother Asaph, the one who stood at his right hand.”

¹ tn Heb “on the right of the altar as a man enters.”

⁴ tn Heb “Is there with your heart [what is] right, as my heart [is] with your heart?”

¹ tc The LXX reads “As to the right of the priests from the people, [from] anyone sacrificing.”

² tn Heb “redeem for yourself, you, my right of redemption for I am unable to redeem.”

¹ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

¹ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

² tn Heb “She was the right one in the eyes of Samson.”

² tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”

⁴ tn Heb “days its right of redemption shall be” (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 176).

² tn Heb “on the lobe of the ear of Aaron, the right one.”

¹ tn Traditionally “more righteous”; cf. NCV, NRSV, NLT “more in the right.”

³ tn The Hebrew verb גּוּר (gur), traditionally rendered “to sojourn,” refers to temporary settlement without ownership rights.

³ tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).

¹ tn Heb “you have lifted up the right hand of his adversaries.” The idiom “the right hand is lifted up” refers to victorious military deeds (see Pss 89:13; 118:16).

⁶ tn Heb “with mighty acts of deliverance of his right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver (see Ps 17:7).

² tn Heb “[O] one who delivers those who seek shelter from the ones raising themselves up, by your right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver.

⁵ tn The pronoun is emphatic before the verb: “I know that it is I who am right.” The verb means “to be right; to be righteous.” Some have translated it “vindicated,” looking at the outcome of the suit.