1:12 So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, 11 everything he has is 12 in your power. 13 Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” 14 So Satan went out 15 from the presence of the Lord. 16
76:10 Certainly 17 your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; 18
you reveal your anger in full measure. 19
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn BDAG 1086 s.v. χοῖνιξ states, “a dry measure, oft. used for grain, approximately equivalent to one quart or one liter, quart. A χ.of grain was a daily ration for one pers.…Rv 6:6ab.”
3 tn Grk “a quart of wheat for a denarius.” A denarius was one day’s pay for an average worker. The words “will cost” are used to indicate the genitive of price or value; otherwise the English reader could understand the phrase to mean “a quart of wheat to be given as a day’s pay.”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
5 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
6 tn The use of the independent personal pronoun here emphasizes the subject of the verb: “Have you not put up a hedge.”
7 tn The verb שׂוּךְ (sukh) means “to hedge or fence up, about” something (BDB 962 s.v. I שׂוּךְ). The original idea seems to have been to surround with a wall of thorns for the purpose of protection (E. Dhorme, Job, 7). The verb is an implied comparison between making a hedge and protecting someone.
8 sn Here the verb “bless” is used in one of its very common meanings. The verb means “to enrich,” often with the sense of enabling or empowering things for growth or fruitfulness. See further C. Westermann, Blessing in the Bible and the Life of the Church (OBT).
9 tn Or “substance.” The herds of livestock may be taken by metonymy of part for whole to represent possessions or prosperity in general.
10 tn The verb פָּרַץ (parats) means “to break through.” It has the sense of abundant increase, as in breaking out, overflowing (see also Gen 30:30 and Exod 1:12).
11 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “behold”) introduces a foundational clause upon which the following volitional clause is based.
12 tn The versions add a verb here: “delivered to” or “abandoned to” the hand of Satan.
13 tn Heb “in your hand.” The idiom means that it is now Satan’s to do with as he pleases.
14 tn The Hebrew word order emphatically holds out Job’s person as the exception: “only upon him do not stretch forth your hand.”
15 tn The Targum to Job adds “with permission” to show that he was granted leave from God’s presence.
16 sn So Satan, having received his permission to test Job’s sincerity, goes out from the
17 tn Or “for.”
18 tn Heb “the anger of men will praise you.” This could mean that men’s anger (subjective genitive), when punished by God, will bring him praise, but this interpretation does not harmonize well with the next line. The translation assumes that God’s anger is in view here (see v. 7) and that “men” is an objective genitive. God’s angry judgment against men brings him praise because it reveals his power and majesty (see vv. 1-4).
19 tn Heb “the rest of anger you put on.” The meaning of the statement is not entirely clear. Perhaps the idea is that God, as he prepares for battle, girds himself with every last ounce of his anger, as if it were a weapon.
20 tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
21 tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (ajpokriqei") is redundant in English and has not been translated.
22 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
23 sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in
24 tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”
25 sn Fruit worthy of repentance refers to the deeds that indicate a change of attitude (heart) on the part of John’s hearers.
26 tn Grk “fruit worthy of.”