Job 22:15

22:15 Will you keep to the old path ¹ 

that evil men have walked –

Job 41:4

41:4 Will it make a pact ²  with you,

so you could take it ³  as your slave for life?

[22:15]  ¹ tn The “old path” here is the way of defiance to God. The text in these two verses is no doubt making reference to the flood in Genesis, one of the perennial examples of divine judgment.

[41:4]  ² tn Heb “will he cut a covenant.”

[41:4]  ³ tn The imperfect verb serves to express what the covenant pact would cover, namely, “that you take.”