NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Names Arts Hymns

  Discovery Box

Job 11:15

Context

11:15 For 1  then you will lift up your face

without 2  blemish; 3 

you will be securely established 4 

and will not fear.

Job 31:7

Context

31:7 If my footsteps have strayed from the way,

if my heart has gone after my eyes, 5 

or if anything 6  has defiled my hands,

Drag to resizeDrag to resize

[11:15]  1 tn The absolute certainty of the statement is communicated with the addition of כִּי (ki) (see GKC 498 §159.ee).

[11:15]  2 tn For this use of the preposition מִן (min) see GKC 382 §119.w.

[11:15]  3 tn The word “lift up” is chosen to recall Job’s statement that he could not lift up his head (10:15); and the words “without spot” recall his words “filled with shame.” The sentence here says that he will lift up his face in innocence and show no signs of God’s anger on him.

[11:15]  4 tn The form מֻצָק (mutsaq) is a Hophal participle from יָצַק (yatsaq, “to pour”). The idea is that of metal being melted down and then poured to make a statue, and so hard, firm, solid. The LXX reads the verse, “for thus your face shall shine again, like pure water, and you shall divest yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.”

[31:7]  5 sn The meaning is “been led by what my eyes see.”

[31:7]  6 tc The word מֻאוּם (muum) could be taken in one of two ways. One reading is to represent מוּם (mum, “blemish,” see the Masorah); the other is for מְאוּמָה (mÿumah, “anything,” see the versions and the Kethib). Either reading fits the passage.



TIP #35: Tell your friends ... become a ministry partner ... use the NET Bible on your site. [ALL]
created in 0.02 seconds
powered by
bible.org - YLSA