Job 21:4
ContextNETBible | Is my 1 complaint against a man? 2 If so, 3 why should I not be impatient? 4 |
XREF | Ex 6:9; 1Sa 1:16; 2Ki 6:26,27; Job 7:11-21; Job 10:1,2; Ps 22:1-3; Ps 42:11; Ps 77:3-9; Ps 102:1; Ps 142:2,3; Mt 26:38 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The addition of the independent pronoun at the beginning of the sentence (“Is it I / against a man / my complaint”) strengthens the pronominal suffix on “complaint” (see GKC 438 §135.f). 2 sn The point seems to be that if his complaint were merely against men he might expect sympathy from other men; but no one dares offer him sympathy when his complaint is against God. So he will give free expression to his spirit (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 147). 3 tn On disjunctive interrogatives, see GKC 475 §150.g. 4 tn Heb “why should my spirit/breath not be short” (see Num 21:4; Judg 16:16). |