Job 15:17

15:17 “I will explain to you;

listen to me,

and what ¹  I have seen, I will declare, ² 

Job 32:18

32:18 For I am full of words,

and the spirit within me ³  constrains me. ⁴ 

Job 38:2

38:2 “Who is this ⁵  who darkens counsel ⁶ 

with words without knowledge?

[15:17]  ¹ tn The demonstrative pronoun is used here as a nominative, to introduce an independent relative clause (see GKC 447 §138.h).

[15:17]  ² tn Here the vav (ו) apodosis follows with the cohortative (see GKC 458 §143.d).

[32:18]  ³ tn Heb “the spirit of my belly.”

[32:18]  ⁴ tn The verb צוּק (tsuq) means “to constrain; to urge; to press.” It is used in Judg 14:17; 16:16 with the sense of wearing someone down with repeated entreaties. Elihu cannot withhold himself any longer.

[38:2]  ⁵ tn The demonstrative pronoun is used here to emphasize the interrogative pronoun (see GKC 442 §136.c).

[38:2]  ⁶ sn The referent of “counsel” here is not the debate between Job and the friends, but the purposes of God (see Ps 33:10; Prov 19:21; Isa 19:17). Dhorme translates it “Providence.”