33:24 and if 1 God 2 is gracious to him and says,
‘Spare 3 him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’ 4
36:10 And he reveals 5 this 6 for correction,
and says that they must turn 7 from evil.
VI. The Divine Speeches (38:1-42:6)
The Lord’s First Speech 838:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: 9
40:6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
1 tn This verse seems to continue the protasis begun in the last verse, with the apodosis coming in the next verse.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tc The verb is either taken as an anomalous form of פָּדַע (pada’, “to rescue; to redeem,” or “to exempt him”), or it is emended to some similar word, like פָּרַע (para’, “to let loose,” so Wright).
4 sn This verse and v. 28 should be compared with Ps 49:7-9, 15 (8-10, 16 HT) where the same basic vocabulary and concepts are employed.
5 tn The idiom once again is “he uncovers their ear.”
6 tn The revelation is in the preceding verse, and so a pronoun must be added to make the reference clear.
7 tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to turn; to return”) is one of the two major words in the OT for “repent” – to return from evil. Here the imperfect should be obligatory – they must do it.
9 sn This is the culmination of it all, the revelation of the
10 sn This is not the storm described by Elihu – in fact, the
13 sn The speech can be divided into three parts: the invitation to Job to assume the throne and rule the world (40:7-14), the description of Behemoth (40:15-24), and the description of Leviathan (41:1-34).