Job 13:2

13:2 What you know, ¹  I ²  know also;

I am not inferior ³  to you!

Job 15:35

15:35 They conceive ⁴  trouble and bring forth evil;

their belly ⁵  prepares deception.”

Job 21:3

21:3 Bear with me ⁶  and I ⁷  will speak,

and after I have spoken ⁸  you may mock. ⁹ 

Job 23:16

23:16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; ¹⁰ 

the Almighty has terrified me.

Job 32:17

32:17 I too will answer my part,

I too will explain what I know.

Job 33:31

33:31 Pay attention, Job – listen to me;

be silent, and I will speak.

Job 39:17

39:17 For God deprived her of wisdom,

and did not impart understanding to her.

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Like your knowledge”; in other words Job is saying that his knowledge is like their knowledge.

[13:2]  ² tn The pronoun makes the subject emphatic and stresses the contrast: “I know – I also.”

[13:2]  ³ tn The verb “fall” is used here as it was in Job 4:13 to express becoming lower than someone, i.e., inferior.

[15:35]  ⁴ tn Infinitives absolute are used in this verse in the place of finite verbs. They lend a greater vividness to the description, stressing the basic meaning of the words.

[15:35]  ⁵ tn At the start of the speech Eliphaz said Job’s belly was filled with the wind; now it is there that he prepares deception. This inclusio frames the speech.

[21:3]  ⁷ tn The verb נָשָׂא (nasa’) means “to lift up; to raise up”; but in this context it means “to endure; to tolerate” (see Job 7:21).

[21:3]  ⁸ tn The conjunction and the independent personal pronoun draw emphatic attention to the subject of the verb: “and I on my part will speak.”

[21:3]  ⁹ tn The adverbial clauses are constructed of the preposition “after” and the Piel infinitive construct with the subjective genitive suffix: “my speaking,” or “I speak.”

[21:3]  ¹⁰ tn The verb is the imperfect of לָעַג (la’ag). The Hiphil has the same basic sense as the Qal, “to mock; to deride.” The imperfect here would be modal, expressing permission. The verb is in the singular, suggesting that Job is addressing Zophar; however, most of the versions put it into the plural. Note the singular in 16:3 between the plural in 16:1 and 16:4.

[23:16]  ¹⁰ tn The verb הֵרַךְ (kherakh) means “to be tender”; in the Piel it would have the meaning “to soften.” The word is used in parallel constructions with the verbs for “fear.” The implication is that God has made Job fearful.