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Job 21:12

Context

21:12 They sing 1  to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp,

and make merry to the sound of the flute.

Job 22:19

Context

22:19 The righteous see their destruction 2  and rejoice;

the innocent mock them scornfully, 3  saying,

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[21:12]  1 tn The verb is simply “they take up [or lift up],” but the understood object is “their voices,” and so it means “they sing.”

[22:19]  2 tn The line is talking about the rejoicing of the righteous when judgment falls on the wicked. An object (“destruction”) has to be supplied here to clarify this (see Pss 52:6 [8]; 69:32 [33]; 107:42).

[22:19]  3 sn In Ps 2:4 it was God who mocked the wicked by judging them.



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