Job 18:8

18:8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet ¹ 

and he wanders into a mesh. ² 

Job 22:14

22:14 Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, ³ 

as he goes back and forth

in the vault ⁴  of heaven.’ ⁵ 

[18:8]  ¹ tn See Ps 25:15.

[18:8]  ² tn The word שְׂבָכָה (sÿvakhah) is used in scripture for the lattice window (2 Kgs 1:2). The Arabic cognate means “to be intertwined.” So the term could describe a net, matting, grating, or lattice. Here it would be the netting stretched over a pit.

[22:14]  ³ tn Heb “and he does not see.” The implied object is “us.”

[22:14]  ⁴ sn The word is “circle; dome”; here it is the dome that covers the earth, beyond which God sits enthroned. A. B. Davidson (Job, 165) suggests “on the arch of heaven” that covers the earth.

[22:14]  ⁵ sn The idea suggested here is that God is not only far off, but he is unconcerned as he strolls around heaven – this is what Eliphaz says Job means.