² tn Or “hard,” “demanding.”

² tn Heb “demanded of.”

² tn Or “we did not cave in to their demands.”

¹ tn Grk “testing”; the participle is taken as indicating the purpose of the demand.

² tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.

¹ tn Heb “with.” The words “by demanding” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn God’s covenant contains a clear, reliable witness to his moral character and demands.

² tn This word is positioned for special emphasis; it carries the sense of “complete, competent, able to meet all demands.”

² sn The rules you set down. God’s covenant contains a clear, reliable witness to his moral character and demands.

¹ sn The statement demands uncompromising, radical loyalty to Jesus, a loyalty so powerful that it surpasses normal human relationships, even familial ones.

² tn Heb “Turn [masc. pl.] each person from his wicked way and from the evil of your [masc. pl.] doings.” See the same demand in 23:22.

¹ tn Traditionally “your testimonies.” The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (ʿedut) refers here to the demands of God’s covenant law. See Ps 19:7.

² tn Traditionally, “the testimony of the Lord.” The noun עֵדוּת (ʿedut) refers here to the demands of God’s covenant law.

¹ tn The sentence has no subject, but the context demands that the subject be the same kind of trouble that has come upon people that Job has helped.

² tc The MT reads יוֹאָב (yoʾav, “Joab”). However, syntax demands the reading וְיוֹאָב (v^eyoʾav, “and Joab”) which is reflected in the LXX and Syriac.

¹ tn Heb “to Ish Bosheth son of Saul saying.” To avoid excessive sibilance (especially when read aloud) the translation renders “saying” as “with this demand.”

¹ tn The two imperatives underscore the immediacy of the demand: “go, go up,” meaning “get going up” or “be on your way.”

² sn The moneylender will be demanding and exacting. In Ps 109:11 and 2 Kgs 4:1 the word is rendered as “extortioner.”

¹ sn The question of Pharaoh’s servants echoes the question of Moses—“How long?” Now the servants of Pharaoh are demanding what Moses demanded—“Release the people.” They know that the land is destroyed, and they speak of it as Moses’ doing. That way they avoid acknowledging Yahweh or blaming Pharaoh.

⁴ sn Satan has demanded permission to put them to the test. The idiom “sift (someone) like wheat” is similar to the English idiom “to pick (someone) apart.” The pronoun you is implied.