Job 32:2

32:2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. ¹  He was angry ²  with Job for justifying ³  himself rather than God. ⁴ 

Exodus 32:19

32:19 When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. ⁵  He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain. ⁶ 

¹ tn The verse begins with וַיִּחַר אַף (vayyikhar ’af, “and the anger became hot”), meaning Elihu became very angry.

² 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.”

³ 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.

⁴ tc The LXX and Latin versions soften the expression slightly by saying “before God.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the anger of Moses burned hot.”

⁶ sn See N. M. Waldham, “The Breaking of the Tablets,” Judaism 27 (1978): 442-47.