Job 22:8
ContextNETBible | Although you were a powerful man, 1 owning land, 2 an honored man 3 living on it, 4 |
XREF | 1Ki 21:11-15; Job 13:8; Job 29:7-17; Job 31:34; Ps 12:8; Mic 7:3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The idiom is “a man of arm” (= “powerful”; see Ps 10:15). This is in comparison to the next line, “man of face” (= “dignity; high rank”; see Isa 3:5). 2 tn Heb “and a man of arm, to whom [was] land.” The line is in contrast to the preceding one, and so the vav here introduces a concessive clause. 3 tn The expression is unusual: “the one lifted up of face.” This is the “honored one,” the one to whom the dignity will be given. 4 tn Many commentators simply delete the verse or move it elsewhere. Most take it as a general reference to Job, perhaps in apposition to the preceding verse. |