Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Job 13:16) | 1 sn The fact that Job will dare to come before God and make his case is evidence—to Job at least—that he is innocent. |
| (0.30) | (Job 12:15) | 2 sn The verse is focusing on the two extremes of drought and flood. Both are described as being under the power of God. |
| (0.30) | (Job 12:17) | 4 sn The judges, like the counselors, are nobles in the cities. God may reverse their lot, either by captivity or by shame, and they cannot resist his power. |
| (0.30) | (Job 12:17) | 5 tn Some translate this “makes mad” as in Isa 44:25, but this gives the wrong connotation today; more likely God shows them to be fools. |
| (0.30) | (Job 10:2) | 2 tn The Hiphil imperative of יָדַע (yadaʿ) would more literally be “cause me to know.” It is a plea for God to help him understand the afflictions. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:34) | 4 tn “His terror” is metonymical; it refers to the awesome majesty of God that overwhelms Job and causes him to be afraid. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:23) | 1 sn The point of these verses is to show—rather boldly—that God does not distinguish between the innocent and the guilty. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:19) | 3 sn Job is saying that whether it is a trial of strength or an appeal to justice, he is unable to go against God. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:13) | 3 tn The verb שָׁחַח (shakhakh) means “to be prostrate” or “to crouch.” Here the enemies are prostrate under the feet of God—they are crushed. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:11) | 4 sn Like the mountains, Job knows that God has passed by and caused him to shake and tremble, but he cannot understand or perceive the reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:4) | 1 tn The genitive phrase translated “in heart” would be a genitive of specification, specifying that the wisdom of God is in his intelligent decisions. |
| (0.30) | (Job 8:2) | 1 sn “These things” refers to all of Job’s speech, the general drift of which seems to Bildad to question the justice of God. |
| (0.30) | (Job 7:17) | 1 tn The verse is a rhetorical question; it is intended to mean that man is too little for God to be making so much over him in all this. |
| (0.30) | (Job 7:14) | 1 sn Here Job is boldly saying that it is God who is behind the horrible dreams that he is having at night. |
| (0.30) | (Job 5:14) | 3 sn The verse provides a picture of the frustration and bewilderment in the crafty who cannot accomplish their ends because God thwarts them. |
| (0.30) | (Job 5:10) | 1 tn Heb “who gives.” The participle continues the doxology here. But the article is necessary because of the distance between this verse and the reference to God. |
| (0.30) | (Job 2:6) | 1 tn The particle הִנּוֹ (hinno) is literally, “here he is!” God presents Job to Satan, with the restriction on preserving Job’s life. |
| (0.30) | (Job 2:4) | 1 tn The form is the simple preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive. However, the speech of Satan is in contrast to what God said, even though in narrative sequence. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:8) | 1 sn The question is undoubtedly rhetorical, for it is designed to make Satan aware of Job as God extols his fine qualities. |
