Job 15:21

15:21 Terrifying sounds fill ¹  his ears;

in a time of peace marauders ²  attack him.

Job 12:6

12:6 But ³  the tents of robbers are peaceful,

and those who provoke God are confident ⁴  –

who carry their god in their hands. ⁵ 

[15:21]  ¹ tn The word “fill” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.

[15:21]  ² tn The word שׁוֹדֵד (shoded) means “a robber; a plunderer” (see Job 12:6). With the verb bo’ the sentence means that the robber pounces on or comes against him (see GKC 373 §118.f). H. H. Rowley observes that the text does not say that he is under attack, but that the sound of fears is in his ears, i.e., that he is terrified by thoughts of this.

[12:6]  ³ tn The verse gives the other side of the coin now, the fact that the wicked prosper.

[12:6]  ⁴ tn The plural is used to suggest the supreme degree of arrogant confidence (E. Dhorme, Job, 171).

[12:6]  ⁵ sn The line is perhaps best understood as describing one who thinks he is invested with the power of God.