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Text -- Job 29:1-10 (NET)
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Strongs On/Off
Context
IV. Job’s Concluding Soliloquy (29:1-31:40)
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JOB, BOOK OF |
Job |
Popularity |
PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF |
God |
MOUTH |
Oil |
RIVER |
Children |
KIRIAH |
WASH; WASHING |
AGE; OLD AGE |
SHINE |
Rock |
Candle |
Social Customs |
CANDLE; CANDLESTICK |
CHILD; CHILDREN |
LIFE |
CITY |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes: Job 29:1 The verse uses a verbal hendiadys: “and he added (וַיֹּסֶף, vayyosef)…to raise (ש...
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NET Notes: Job 29:2 The imperfect verb here has a customary nuance – “when God would watch over me” (back then), or “when God used to watch over m...
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NET Notes: Job 29:3 The accusative (“darkness”) is here an adverbial accusative of place, namely, “in the darkness,” or because he was successfull...
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NET Notes: Job 29:4 The word סוֹד (sod) in this verse is an infinitive construct, prefixed with the temporal preposition and followed by a subject...
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NET Notes: Job 29:5 Some commentators suggest that עִמָּדִי (’immadi, “with me”) of the second colon of ...
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NET Notes: Job 29:6 The MT reads literally, “and the rock was poured out [passive participle] for me as streams of oil.” There are some who delete the word ...
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NET Notes: Job 29:7 In the public square. The area referred to here should not be thought of in terms of modern western dimensions. The wide space, plaza, or public squar...
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NET Notes: Job 29:8 The verb means “to hide; to withdraw.” The young men out of respect would withdraw or yield the place of leadership to Job (thus the trans...
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