Job 9:34
ContextNET © | who 1 would take his 2 rod 3 away from me so that his terror 4 would not make me afraid. |
NIV © | someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more. |
NASB © | "Let Him remove His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify me. |
NLT © | The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment. |
MSG © | To break God's death grip on me, to free me from this terror so I could breathe again. |
BBE © | Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me: |
NRSV © | If he would take his rod away from me, and not let dread of him terrify me, |
NKJV © | Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me. |
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NET © | who 1 would take his 2 rod 3 away from me so that his terror 4 would not make me afraid. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The verse probably continues the description from the last verse, and so a relative pronoun may be supplied here as well. 2 tn According to some, the reference of this suffix would be to God. The arbiter would remove the rod of God from Job. But others take it as a separate sentence with God removing his rod. 3 sn The “rod” is a symbol of the power of God to decree whatever judgments and afflictions fall upon people. 4 tn “His terror” is metonymical; it refers to the awesome majesty of God that overwhelms Job and causes him to be afraid. |