Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Job 31:22) | 1 sn Here is the apodosis, the imprecation Job pronounces on himself if he has done any of these things just listed. |
| (0.50) | (Job 29:25) | 1 tn All of these imperfects describe what Job used to do, and so they all fit the category of customary imperfect. |
| (0.50) | (Job 28:8) | 1 tn Heb “the sons of pride.” In Job 41:26 the expression refers to carnivorous wild beasts. |
| (0.50) | (Job 27:11) | 1 tn The object suffix is in the plural, which gives some support to the idea Job is speaking to them. |
| (0.50) | (Job 26:11) | 1 sn H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 173) says these are the great mountains, perceived to hold up the sky. |
| (0.50) | (Job 24:24) | 4 sn This marks the end of the disputed section, taken here to be a quotation by Job of their sentiments. |
| (0.50) | (Job 22:22) | 2 tc M. Dahood has “write his words” (“Metaphor in Job 22:22, ” Bib 47 [1966]: 108-9). |
| (0.50) | (Job 19:28) | 1 tc The MT reads “in me.” If that is retained, then the question would be in the first colon, and the reasoning of the second colon would be Job’s. But over 100 mss have “in him,” and so this reading is accepted by most editors. The verse is a little difficult, but it seems to form a warning by Job that God’s appearance which will vindicate Job will bring judgment on those who persecute him and charge him falsely. |
| (0.50) | (Job 16:16) | 2 sn A. B. Davidson (Job, 122) notes that spontaneous and repeated weeping is one of the symptoms of elephantiasis. |
| (0.50) | (Job 15:20) | 4 tn This has been translated with the idea of “oppressor” in Job 6:23; 27:13. |
| (0.50) | (Job 15:5) | 3 tn The word means “shrewd; crafty; cunning” (see Gen 3:1). Job uses clever speech that is misleading and destructive. |
| (0.50) | (Job 14:19) | 3 sn The meaning for Job is that death shatters all of man’s hopes for the continuation of life. |
| (0.50) | (Job 14:5) | 4 tn The word חֹק (khoq) has the meanings of “decree, decision, and limit” (cf. Job 28:26; 38:10). |
| (0.50) | (Job 13:26) | 1 tn The meaning is that of writing down a formal charge against someone (cf. Job 31:15). |
| (0.50) | (Job 13:2) | 1 tn Heb “Like your knowledge”; in other words Job is saying that his knowledge is like their knowledge. |
| (0.50) | (Job 12:22) | 1 tn The Hebrew word is traditionally rendered “shadow of death” (so KJV, ASV); see comments at Job 3:3. |
| (0.50) | (Job 12:1) | 1 sn This long speech of Job falls into three parts: in 12:2-25 Job expresses his resentment at his friends’ attitude of superiority and acknowledges the wisdom of God; then, in 13:1-28 Job expresses his determination to reason with God, expresses his scorn for his friends’ advice, and demands to know what his sins are; and finally, in 14:1-22 Job laments the brevity of life and the finality of death. |
| (0.50) | (Job 11:5) | 2 sn Job had expressed his eagerness to challenge God; Zophar here wishes that God would take up that challenge. |
| (0.50) | (Job 10:13) | 1 sn “These things” refers to the affliction that God had brought on Job. They were concealed by God from the beginning. |
| (0.50) | (Job 6:29) | 4 tn The text has simply “yet my right is in it.” A. B. Davidson (Job, 49, 50) thinks this means that in his plea against God, Job has right on his side. It may mean this; it simply says “my righteousness is yet in it.” If the “in it” does not refer to Job’s cause, then it would simply mean “is present.” It would have very little difference either way. |
