Job 21:11-12

21:11 They allow their children to run ¹  like a flock;

their little ones dance about.

21:12 They sing ²  to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp,

and make merry to the sound of the flute.

[21:11]  ¹ tn The verb שָׁלַח (shalakh) means “to send forth,” but in the Piel “to release; to allow to run free.” The picture of children frolicking in the fields and singing and dancing is symbolic of peaceful, prosperous times.

[21:12]  ² tn The verb is simply “they take up [or lift up],” but the understood object is “their voices,” and so it means “they sing.”