Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Job 34:8) | 2 tn The word חֶבְרַה (khevrah, “company”) is a hapax legomenon. But its meaning is clear enough from the connections to related words and this context as well. |
| (0.38) | (Job 32:19) | 1 tn Heb “in my belly I am like wine that is not opened” (a Niphal imperfect), meaning sealed up with no place to escape. |
| (0.38) | (Job 32:12) | 1 tn The verb again is from בִּין (bin, “to perceive; to understand”); in this stem it means to “to pay close attention.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 31:33) | 2 sn Some commentators suggest taking the meaning here to be “as Adam,” referring to the Paradise story of the sin and denial. |
| (0.38) | (Job 31:33) | 4 tn The MT has “in my bosom.” This is the only place in the OT where this word is found. But its meaning is well attested from Aramaic. |
| (0.38) | (Job 31:14) | 1 tn Heb “arises.” The LXX reads “takes vengeance,” an interpretation that is somewhat correct but unnecessary. The verb “to rise” would mean “to confront in judgment.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 30:30) | 3 tn The word חֹרֶב (khorev) also means “heat.” The heat in this line is not that of the sun, but obviously a fever. |
| (0.38) | (Job 30:31) | 1 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah, “to be”) followed by the preposition ל (lamed) means “to serve the purpose of” (see Gen 1:14ff., 17:7, etc.). |
| (0.38) | (Job 29:2) | 1 tn The optative is here expressed with מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי (mi yitteneni, “who will give me”), meaning, “O that I [could be]…” (see GKC 477 §151.b). |
| (0.38) | (Job 27:4) | 2 tn The verb means “to utter; to mumble; to meditate.” The implication is that he will not communicate deceitful things, no matter how quiet or subtle. |
| (0.38) | (Job 26:5) | 3 tn The verb is a Polal from חִיל (khil) which means “to tremble.” It shows that even these spirits cannot escape the terror. |
| (0.38) | (Job 22:25) | 2 tn E. Dhorme (Job, 339) connects this word with an Arabic root meaning “to be elevated, steep.” From that he gets “heaps of silver.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 22:20) | 1 tc The word translated “our enemies” is found only here. The word means “hostility,” but used here as a collective for those who are hostile—“enemies.” Some commentators follow the LXX and read “possessions,” explaining its meaning and derivation in different ways. Gordis simply takes the word in the text and affirms that this is the meaning. On the other hand, to get this, E. Dhorme (Job, 336) repoints קִימָנוּ (qimanu) of the MT to יְקוּמַם (yequmam), arguing that יְקוּם (yequm) means “what exists [or has substance]” (although that is used of animals). He translates: “have not their possessions been destroyed.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 22:11) | 2 tn The word שִׁפְעַת (shifʿat) means “multitude of.” It is used of men, camels, horses, and here of waters in the heavens. |
| (0.38) | (Job 21:27) | 3 tn E. Dhorme (Job, 321) distinguishes the verb חָמַס (khamas) from the noun for “violence.” He proposes a meaning of “think, imagine”: “and the ideas you imagined about me.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 21:24) | 3 tn The verb שָׁקָה (shaqah) means “to water” and here “to be watered thoroughly.” The picture in the line is that of health and vigor. |
| (0.38) | (Job 21:19) | 6 tn The imperfect verb after the jussive carries the meaning of a purpose clause, and so taken as a final imperfect: “in order that he may be humbled.” |
| (0.38) | (Job 21:19) | 4 tn The verb שָׁלַם (shalam) in the Piel has the meaning of restoring things to normal, making whole, and so reward, repay (if for sins), or recompense in general. |
| (0.38) | (Job 21:14) | 1 sn Contrast Ps 25:4, which affirms that walking in God’s ways means to obey God’s will—the Torah. |
| (0.38) | (Job 21:18) | 2 tn The verb used actually means “rob.” It is appropriate to the image of a whirlwind suddenly taking away the wisp of straw. |
