³ tn In this explanatory verse the verb is a customary imperfect.

² tn The imperfect tense in this context describes a customary action.

¹ tn Here is another imperfect tense of the customary nuance.

² tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.

¹ tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (ēukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.

² tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) is taken as a customary imperfect.

⁷ tn The verb ἐποίει (epoiei) has been translated as a customary imperfect.

¹ tn The imperfect verbal form indicates that this was a customary or typical action.

⁴ tn BDAG 371 s.v. ἐπιείκεια has “τῇ σῇ ἐ. with your (customary) indulgence Ac 24:4.”

² tn Heb “they walked in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite (“walked”) or a customary imperfect (“were walking”).

¹ tn Here too the verb will be the customary imperfect—it explains what he continually did in past time.

¹ tn All of these imperfects describe what Job used to do, and so they all fit the category of customary imperfect.

⁴ tn Here too the imperfect verb is customary—it describes action that was continuous, but in a past time.

¹⁰ tn The imperfect expresses continual action in past time, i.e., a customary imperfect (GKC 315 §107.e).

² tn The imperfect tense would here be the customary imperfect, showing continual or incomplete action in past time.

² tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite without vav consecutive or an imperfect used in a customary sense, describing continual or repeated behavior in past time.

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“he would deliver”).

⁵ tn The imperfect verb here has a customary nuance—“when God would watch over me” (back then), or “when God used to watch over me.”

² tn The vav + perfect here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause. See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e.

² tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.