21:15 Who is the Almighty, that 1 we should serve him?
What would we gain
if we were to pray 2 to him?’ 3
21:16 But their prosperity is not their own doing. 4
The counsel of the wicked is far from me! 5
9:13 The people did not return to the one who struck them,
they did not seek reconciliation 6 with the Lord who commands armies.
31:1 Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, 7
those who rely on war horses,
and trust in Egypt’s many chariots 8
and in their many, many horsemen. 9
But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel 10
and do not seek help from the Lord.
55:6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; 11
call to him while he is nearby!
65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 12
I appeared to those who did not look for me. 13
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation that did not invoke 14 my name.
7:10 The arrogance of Israel testifies against him,
yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God!
In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!
1 tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”
2 tn The verb פָּגַע (paga’) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.
3 tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.
4 tn Heb “is not in their hand.”
5 sn Even though their life seems so good in contrast to his own plight, Job cannot and will not embrace their principles – “far be from me their counsel.”
6 tn This verse describes the people’s response to the judgment described in vv. 11-12. The perfects are understood as indicating simple past.
7 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who go down to Egypt for help.”
8 tn Heb “and trust in chariots for they are many.”
9 tn Heb “and in horsemen for they are very strong [or “numerous”].”
10 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
11 tn Heb “while he allows himself to be found.” The Niphal form has a tolerative force here.
12 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”
13 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”
14 tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”