(0.50) | (Job 38:5) | 1 tn The particle כִּי (ki) is taken here for a conditional clause, “if you know” (see GKC 498 §159.dd). Others take it as “surely” with a biting irony. |
(0.50) | (Job 31:32) | 1 tn This verse forms another parenthesis. Job stops almost at every point now in the conditional clauses to affirm his purity and integrity. |
(0.50) | (Job 31:38) | 1 sn Many commentators place vv. 38-40b at the end of v. 34, so that there is no return to these conditional clauses after his final appeal. |
(0.50) | (Job 28:21) | 1 tn The vav on the verb is unexpressed in the LXX. It should not be overlooked, for it introduces a subordinate clause of condition (R. Gordis, Job, 310). |
(0.50) | (Job 16:4) | 2 tn The conjunction לוּ (lu) is used to introduce the optative, a condition that is incapable of fulfillment (see GKC 494-95 §159.l). |
(0.50) | (Job 15:27) | 1 sn This verse tells us that he is not in any condition to fight because he is bloated and fat from luxurious living. |
(0.50) | (Job 14:21) | 1 tn The clause may be interpreted as a conditional clause, with the second clause beginning with the conjunction serving as the apodosis. |
(0.50) | (Job 13:9) | 1 tn The verb חָפַר (khafar) means “to search out, investigate, examine.” In the conditional clause the imperfect verb expresses the hypothetical case. |
(0.50) | (Job 9:33) | 3 tn The jussive in conditional sentences retains its voluntative sense: let something be so, and this must happen as a consequence (see GKC 323 §109.i). |
(0.50) | (Job 7:4) | 1 tn This is the main clause, and not part of the previous conditional clause; it is introduced by the conjunction אִם (’im) (see GKC 336 §112.gg). |
(0.50) | (Job 6:10) | 2 tn In the apodosis of conditional clauses (which must be supplied from the context preceding), the cohortative expresses the consequence (see GKC 320 §108.d). |
(0.50) | (Job 4:2) | 2 tn The Piel perfect is difficult here. It would normally be translated “has one tried (words with you)?” Most commentaries posit a conditional clause, however. |
(0.50) | (Job 1:11) | 2 tn The force of the imperatives in this sentence are almost conditional—if God were to do this, then surely Job would respond differently. |
(0.50) | (2Ch 7:17) | 1 sn Verse 17 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 18. |
(0.50) | (2Ch 6:26) | 1 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons. |
(0.50) | (1Ki 8:35) | 1 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons. |
(0.50) | (1Ki 8:33) | 1 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons. |
(0.50) | (Deu 11:13) | 2 tn Again, the Hebrew term אָהֵב (ʾahev) draws attention to the reciprocation of divine love as a condition or sign of covenant loyalty (cf. Deut 6:5). |
(0.50) | (Num 30:2) | 1 tn The legal construction states the class to which the law applies, and then lays down the condition: “men [man]—if….” |
(0.50) | (Num 9:10) | 2 tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive functions as the equivalent of an imperfect tense. In the apodosis of this conditional sentence, the permission nuance fits well. |