Job 10:10

10:10 Did you not pour ¹  me out like milk,

and curdle ²  me like cheese? ³ 

Job 15:5

15:5 Your sin inspires ⁴  your mouth;

you choose the language ⁵  of the crafty. ⁶ 

Job 21:27

Futile Words, Deceptive Answers

21:27 “Yes, I know what you are thinking, ⁷ 

the schemes ⁸  by which you would wrong me. ⁹ 

Job 34:16

God Is Impartial and Omniscient

34:16 “If you have ¹⁰  understanding, listen to this,

hear what I have to say. ¹¹ 

Job 41:7

41:7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons

or its head with fishing spears?

[10:10]  ¹ tn The verb נָתַךְ (natakh) means “to flow,” and in the Hiphil, “to cause to flow.”

[10:10]  ² tn This verb קָפָא (qafa’) means “to coagulate.” In the Hiphil it means “to stiffen; to congeal.”

[10:10]  ³ tn The verbs in v. 10 are prefixed conjugations; since the reference is to the womb, these would need to be classified as preterites.

[15:5]  ⁴ tn The verb אַלֵּף (’allef) has the meaning of “to teach; to instruct,” but it is unlikely that the idea of revealing is intended. If the verb is understood metonymically, then “to inspire; to prompt” will be sufficient. Dahood and others find another root, and render the verb “to increase,” reversing subject and object: “your mouth increases your iniquity.”

[15:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “tongue.”

[15:5]  ⁶ tn The word means “shrewd; crafty; cunning” (see Gen 3:1). Job uses clever speech that is misleading and destructive.

[21:27]  ⁷ tn The word is “your thoughts.” The word for “thoughts” (from חָצַב [khatsav, “to think; to reckon; to plan”]) has more to do with their intent than their general thoughts. He knows that when they talked about the fate of the wicked they really were talking about him.

[21:27]  ⁸ tn For the meaning of this word, and its root זָמַם (zamam), see Job 17:11. It usually means the “plans” or “schemes” that are concocted against someone.

[21:27]  ⁹ tn E. Dhorme (Job, 321) distinguishes the verb חָמַס (khamas) from the noun for “violence.” He proposes a meaning of “think, imagine”: “and the ideas you imagined about me.”

[34:16]  ¹⁰ tn The phrase “you have” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[34:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the sound of my words.”