(0.42) | (Job 11:4) | 1 tn The word translated “teaching” is related etymologically to the Hebrew word “receive,” but that does not restrict the teaching to what is received. |
(0.42) | (Job 10:3) | 1 tn Or “Does it give you pleasure?” The expression could also mean, “Is it profitable for you?” or “Is it fitting for you?” |
(0.42) | (Job 9:17) | 2 tn The verb יְשׁוּפֵנִי (yeshufeni) is the same verb that is used in Gen 3:15 for the wounding of the serpent. The Targum to Job, the LXX, and the Vulgate all translate it “to crush; to pound,” or “to bruise.” The difficulty for many exegetes is that this is to be done “with a tempest.” The Syriac and Targum Job see a different vocalization and read “with a hair.” The text as it stands is understandable and so no change is needed. The fact that the word “tempest” is written with a different sibilant in other places in Job is not greatly significant in this consideration. |
(0.42) | (Job 9:11) | 3 tn The pronoun “him” is supplied here; it is not in MT, but the Syriac and Vulgate have it (probably for translation purposes as well). |
(0.42) | (Job 9:2) | 4 tn The preposition is אִם (ʾim, “with, before, in the presence of”). This is more specific than מִן (min) in 4:17. |
(0.42) | (Job 8:18) | 2 sn The place where the plant once grew will deny ever knowing it. Such is the completeness of the uprooting that there is not a trace left. |
(0.42) | (Job 7:13) | 3 sn Sleep is the recourse of the troubled and unhappy. Here “bed” is metonymical for sleep. Job expects sleep to give him the comfort that his friends have not. |
(0.42) | (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). |
(0.42) | (Job 7:5) | 2 tn The implied comparison is vivid: the dirty scabs cover his entire body like a garment—so he is clothed with them. |
(0.42) | (Job 6:28) | 1 tn The second verb, the imperative “turn,” is subordinated to the first imperative even though there is no vav present (see GKC 385-87 §120.a, g). |
(0.42) | (Job 6:2) | 4 tn The third person plural verb is used here; it expresses an indefinite subject and is treated as a passive (see GKC 460 §144.g). |
(0.42) | (Job 6:3) | 2 sn The point of the comparison with the sand of the sea is that the sand is immeasurable. So the grief of Job cannot be measured. |
(0.42) | (Job 5:7) | 1 tn Heb “man [is].” Because “man” is used in a generic sense for humanity here, the generic “people” has been used in the translation. |
(0.42) | (Job 4:4) | 2 tn The form is the singular active participle, interpreted here collectively. The verb is used of knees that give way (Isa 35:3; Ps 109:24). |
(0.42) | (Job 3:9) | 3 tn The absolute state אַיִן (ʾayin, “there is none”) is here used as a verbal predicate (see GKC 480 §152.k). The concise expression literally says “and none.” |
(0.42) | (Job 3:7) | 3 tn The word is from רָנַן (ranan, “to give a ringing cry” or “shout of joy”). The sound is loud and shrill. |
(0.42) | (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. |
(0.42) | (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. |
(0.42) | (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. |
(0.42) | (Neh 7:73) | 2 tn The traditional understanding of the chapter and verse division here is probably incorrect. The final part of v. 73 is best understood as belonging with 8:1. |