Job 24:25

24:25 “If this is not so, who can prove me a liar

and reduce my words to nothing?” ¹ 

Job 32:2

32:2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. ²  He was angry ³  with Job for justifying ⁴  himself rather than God. ⁵ 

¹ tn The word אַל (’al, “not”) is used here substantivally (“nothing”).

² tn The verse begins with וַיִּחַר אַף (vayyikhar ’af, “and the anger became hot”), meaning Elihu became very angry.

³ tn The second comment about Elihu’s anger comes right before the statement of its cause. Now the perfect verb is used: “he was angry.”

⁴ tn The explanation is the causal clause עַל־צַדְּקוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ (’al-tsaddÿqo nafsho, “because he justified himself”). It is the preposition with the Piel infinitive construct with a suffixed subjective genitive.

⁵ tc The LXX and Latin versions soften the expression slightly by saying “before God.”