33:8 “Indeed, you have said in my hearing 1
(I heard the sound of the words!):
35:2 “Do you think this to be 2 just:
when 3 you say, ‘My right before God.’ 4
1 tn Heb “in my ears.”
2 tn The line could be read as “do you reckon this for justice? Here “to be” is understood.
3 tn The word “when” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
4 tn The brief line could be interpreted in a number of ways. The MT simply has “my right from God.” It could be “I am right before God,” “I am more just/right than God” (identifying the preposition as a comparative min (מִן); cf. J. E. Hartley, Job [NICOT], 463), “I will be right before God,” or “My just cause against God.”