Job 16:8

16:8 You have seized me, ¹ 

and it ²  has become a witness;

my leanness ³  has risen up against me

and testifies against me.

Job 22:28

22:28 Whatever you decide ⁴  on a matter,

it will be established for you,

and light will shine on your ways.

[16:8]  ¹ tn The verb is קָמַט (qamat) which is used only here and in 22:16; it means “to seize; to grasp.” By God’s seizing him, Job means his afflictions.

[16:8]  ² tn The subject is “my calamity.”

[16:8]  ³ tn The verb is used in Ps 109:24 to mean “to be lean”; and so “leanness” is accepted here for the noun by most. Otherwise the word is “lie, deceit.” Accordingly, some take it here as “my slanderer” or “my liar” (gives evidence against me).

[22:28]  ⁴ tn The word is גָּזַר (gazar, “to cut”), in the sense of deciding a matter.