30:30 My skin has turned dark on me; 1
my body 2 is hot with fever. 3
38:12 Have you ever in your life 4 commanded the morning,
or made the dawn know 5 its place,
41:18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the red glow 6 of dawn.
3:9 Let its morning stars 7 be darkened;
let it wait 8 for daylight but find none, 9
nor let it see the first rays 10 of dawn,
1 tn The MT has “become dark from upon me,” prompting some editions to supply the verb “falls from me” (RSV, NRSV), or “peels” (NIV).
2 tn The word “my bones” may be taken as a metonymy of subject, the bony framework indicating the whole body.
3 tn The word חֹרֶב (khorev) also means “heat.” The heat in this line is not that of the sun, but obviously a fever.
4 tn The Hebrew idiom is “have you from your days?” It means “never in your life” (see 1 Sam 25:28; 1 Kgs 1:6).
5 tn The verb is the Piel of יָדַע (yada’, “to know”) with a double accusative.
7 tn Heb “the eyelids,” but it represents the early beams of the dawn as the cover of night lifts.
10 tn Heb “the stars of its dawn.” The word נֶשֶׁף (neshef) can mean “twilight” or “dawn.” In this context the morning stars are in mind. Job wishes that the morning stars – that should announce the day – go out.
11 tn The verb “wait, hope” has the idea of eager expectation and preparation. It is used elsewhere of waiting on the
12 tn The absolute state אַיִן (’ayin, “there is none”) is here used as a verbal predicate (see GKC 480 §152.k). The concise expression literally says “and none.”
13 sn The expression is literally “the eyelids of the morning.” This means the very first rays of dawn (see also Job 41:18). There is some debate whether it refers to “eyelids” or “eyelashes” or “eyeballs.” If the latter, it would signify the flashing eyes of a person. See for the Ugaritic background H. L. Ginsberg, The Legend of King Keret (BASORSup), 39; see also J. M. Steadman, “‘Eyelids of Morn’: A Biblical Convention,” HTR 56 (1963): 159-67.