Job 16:16
ContextNETBible | my face is reddened 1 because of weeping, 2 and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness, 3 |
XREF | Job 17:7; Ps 6:6,7; Ps 31:9; Ps 32:3; Ps 69:3; Ps 102:3-5,9; Ps 116:3; Isa 52:14; La 1:16; Jon 2:1-10; Mr 14:34 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn An intensive form, a Qetaltal form of the root חָמַר (khamar, “red”) is used here. This word has as probable derivatives חֹמֶר (khomer, “[red] clay”) and חֲמוֹר (khamor, “[red] ass”) and the like. Because of the weeping, his whole complexion has been reddened (the LXX reads “my belly”). 2 sn A. B. Davidson (Job, 122) notes that spontaneous and repeated weeping is one of the symptoms of elephantiasis. 3 sn See Job 3:5. Just as joy brings light and life to the eyes, sorrow and suffering bring darkness. The “eyelids” here would be synecdoche, reflecting the whole facial expression as sad and sullen. |