Job 21:14

21:14 So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us!

We do not want to ¹  know your ways. ² 

Job 22:17

22:17 They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’

and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ ³ 

Job 24:25

24:25 “If this is not so, who can prove me a liar

and reduce my words to nothing?” ⁴ 

Job 31:28

31:28 then this ⁵  also would be iniquity to be judged, ⁶ 

for I would have been false ⁷  to God above.

Job 33:6

33:6 Look, I am just like you in relation to God;

I too have been molded ⁸  from clay.

[21:14]  ¹ tn The absence of the preposition before the complement adds greater vividness to the statement: “and knowing your ways – we do not desire.”

[21:14]  ² sn Contrast Ps 25:4, which affirms that walking in God’s ways means to obey God’s will – the Torah.

[22:17]  ³ tn The form in the text is “to them.” The LXX and the Syriac versions have “to us.”

[24:25]  ⁵ tn The word אַל (’al, “not”) is used here substantivally (“nothing”).

[31:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “it.”

[31:28]  ⁸ tn See v. 11 for the construction. In Deut 17:2ff. false worship of heavenly bodies is a capital offense. In this passage, Job is talking about just a momentary glance at the sun or moon and the brief lapse into a pagan thought. But it is still sin.

[31:28]  ⁹ tn The verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the Piel means “to deny.” The root meaning is “to deceive; to disappoint; to grow lean.” Here it means that he would have failed or proven unfaithful because his act would have been a denial of God.

[33:6]  ⁹ tn The verb means “nipped off,” as a potter breaks off a piece of clay when molding a vessel.