Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Job 40:23) | 1 tn The word ordinarily means “to oppress.” So many commentators have proposed suitable changes: “overflows” (Beer), “gushes” (Duhm), “swells violently” (Dhorme, from a word that means “be strong”). |
| (0.30) | (Job 39:14) | 1 tn The meaning may have the connotation of “lays; places,” rather than simply abandoning (see M. Dahood, “The Root ʿzb II in Job,” JBL 78 [1959]: 307f.). |
| (0.30) | (Job 39:13) | 3 tn Many proposals have been made here. The MT has a verb, “exult.” Strahan had “flap joyously,” a rendering followed by the NIV. The RSV uses “wave proudly.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 38:34) | 1 tc The LXX has “answer you,” and some editors have adopted this. However, the reading of the MT makes better sense in the verse. |
| (0.30) | (Job 38:12) | 1 tn The Hebrew idiom is “have you from your days?” It means “never in your life” (see 1 Sam 25:28; 1 Kgs 1:6). |
| (0.30) | (Job 32:1) | 3 tc The LXX, Syriac, and Symmachus have “in their eyes.” This is adopted by some commentators, but it does not fit the argument. |
| (0.30) | (Job 29:11) | 1 tn The words “these things” and “them” in the next colon are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Job 28:6) | 1 sn The modern stone known as sapphire is thought not to have been used until Roman times, and so some other stone is probably meant here, perhaps lapis lazuli. |
| (0.30) | (Job 28:18) | 2 tn In Lam 4:7 these are described as red, and so have been identified as rubies (so NIV) or corals. |
| (0.30) | (Job 19:5) | 3 sn Job’s friends have been using his shame, his humiliation in all his sufferings, as proof against him in their case. |
| (0.30) | (Job 19:4) | 1 tn Job has held to his innocence, so the only way that he could say “I have erred” (שָׁגִיתִי, shagiti) is in a hypothetical clause like this. |
| (0.30) | (Job 19:4) | 2 tn There is a long addition in the LXX: “in having spoken words which it is not right to speak, and my words err, and are unreasonable.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 17:10) | 3 tn Instead of the exact correspondence between coordinate verbs, other combinations occur—here we have a jussive and an imperative (see GKC 386 §120.e). |
| (0.30) | (Job 17:4) | 2 sn The pronoun their refers to Job’s friends. They have not pledged security for him because God has hidden or sealed off their understanding. |
| (0.30) | (Job 16:3) | 5 tn The LXX seems to have gone a different way: “What, is there any reason in vain words, or what will hinder you from answering?” |
| (0.30) | (Job 13:10) | 1 tn The verbal idea is intensified with the infinitive absolute. This is the same verb used in v. 3; here it would have the sense of “rebuke, convict.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 12:3) | 3 tn Heb “With whom are not such things as these?” The point is that everyone knows the things that these friends have been saying—they are commonplace. |
| (0.30) | (Job 10:3) | 5 tn The Hiphil of the verb יָפַע (yafaʿ) means “shine.” In this context the expression “you shine upon” would mean “have a glowing expression,” be radiant, or smile. |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:21) | 2 tn The meaning of the expression “I do not know myself” seems to be, “I do not care.” NIV translates it, “I have no concern for my life.” |
| (0.30) | (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). |
