Job 16:3

16:3 Will ¹  there be an end to your ²  windy words? ³ 

Or what provokes ⁴  you that you answer? ⁵ 

Titus 2:9

2:9 Slaves ⁶  are to be subject to their own masters in everything, ⁷  to do what is wanted and not talk back,

[16:3]  ¹ tn Disjunctive questions are introduced with the sign of the interrogative; the second part is introduced with אוֹ (’o, see GKC 475 §150.g).

[16:3]  ² tn In v. 3 the second person singular is employed rather than the plural as in vv. 2 and 4. The singular might be an indication that the words of v. 3 were directed at Eliphaz specifically.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “words of wind.”

[16:3]  ⁴ tn The Hiphil of מָרַץ (marats) does not occur anywhere else. The word means “to compel; to force” (see 6:25).

[16:3]  ⁵ tn The LXX seems to have gone a different way: “What, is there any reason in vain words, or what will hinder you from answering?”

[2:9]  ⁶ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 1:1.

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Or “to be subject to their own masters, to do what is wanted in everything.”