Joshua 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they ¹  left no survivors. As they ²  had done at Eglon, they ³  annihilated it and all who lived there.

Leviticus 26:44

26:44 In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.

Job 19:10

19:10 He tears me down ⁴  on every side until I perish; ⁵ 

he uproots ⁶  my hope ⁷  like one uproots ⁸  a tree.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

² tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

³ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁴ tn The metaphors are changed now to a demolished building and an uprooted tree. The verb is נָתַץ (natats, “to demolish”). Since it is Job himself who is the object, the meaning cannot be “demolish” (as of a house so that an inhabitant has to leave), but more of the attack or the battering.

⁵ tn The text has הָלַךְ (halakh, “to leave”). But in view of Job 14:20, “perish” or “depart” would be a better meaning here.

⁶ tn The verb נָסַע (nasa’) means “to travel” generally, but specifically it means “to pull up the tent pegs and move.” The Hiphil here means “uproot.” It is used of a vine in Ps 80:9. The idea here does not contradict Job 14:7, for there the tree still had roots and so could grow.

⁷ tn The NEB has “my tent rope,” but that seems too contrived here. It is absurd to pull up a tent-rope like a tree.

⁸ tn Heb “like a tree.” The words “one uproots” are supplied in the translation for clarity.