Job 20:21

20:21 “Nothing is left for him to devour; ¹ 

that is why his prosperity does not last. ² 

Job 39:1

39:1 “Are you acquainted with the way ³ 

the mountain goats ⁴  give birth?

Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

[20:21]  ¹ tn Heb “for his eating,” which is frequently rendered “for his gluttony.” It refers, of course, to all the desires he has to take things from other people.

[20:21]  ² sn The point throughout is that insatiable greed and ruthless plundering to satisfy it will be recompensed with utter and complete loss.

[39:1]  ³ tn The text uses the infinitive as the object: “do you know the giving birth of?”

[39:1]  ⁴ tn Or “ibex.”