21:11 They allow their children to run 1 like a flock;
their little ones dance about.
41:16 each one is so close to the next 2
that no air can come between them.
1 tn The verb שָׁלַח (shalakh) means “to send forth,” but in the Piel “to release; to allow to run free.” The picture of children frolicking in the fields and singing and dancing is symbolic of peaceful, prosperous times.
2 tn The expression “each one…to the next” is literally “one with one.”