Job 38:19

38:19 “In what direction ¹  does light reside,

and darkness, where is its place,

Job 22:30

22:30 he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, ² 

who will escape ³  through the cleanness of your hands.”

Job 38:24

38:24 In what direction is lightning ⁴  dispersed,

or the east winds scattered over the earth?

Job 2:2

2:2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, ⁵  “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.” ⁶ 

¹ tn The interrogative with דֶרֶךְ (derekh) means “in what road” or “in what direction.”

² tc The Hebrew has אִי־נָקִי (’i naqi), which could be taken as “island of the innocent” (so Ibn-Ezra), or “him that is not innocent” (so Rashi). But some have changed אִי (’i) to אִישׁ (’ish, “the innocent man”). Others differ: A. Guillaume links אִי (’i) to Arabic ‘ayya “whosoever,” and so leaves the text alone. M. Dahood secures the same idea from Ugaritic, but reads it אֵי (’e).

³ tc The MT has “he will escape [or be delivered].” Theodotion has the second person, “you will be delivered.”

³ tn Because the parallel with “light” and “east wind” is not tight, Hoffmann proposed ‘ed instead, “mist.” This has been adopted by many. G. R. Driver suggests “parching heat” (“Problems in the Hebrew text of Job,” VTSup 3 [1955]: 91-92).

⁴ tn Heb “answered the Lord and said” (also in v. 4). The words “and said” here and in v. 9 have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn See the note on this phrase in 1:7.