Job 22:22

22:22 Accept instruction ¹  from his mouth

and store up his words ²  in your heart.

Job 26:4

26:4 To whom ³  did you utter these words?

And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth? ⁴ 

Job 33:1

Elihu Invites Job’s Attention

33:1 “But now, O Job, listen to my words,

and hear ⁵  everything I have to say! ⁶ 

Job 34:2

34:2 “Listen to my words, you wise men;

hear ⁷  me, you learned men. ⁸ 

Job 35:16

35:16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; ⁹ 

without knowledge he multiplies words.”

[22:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word here is תּוֹרָה (torah), its only occurrence in the book of Job.

[22:22]  ² tc M. Dahood has “write his words” (“Metaphor in Job 22:22,” Bib 47 [1966]: 108-9).

[26:4]  ³ tn The verse begins with the preposition and the interrogative: אֶת־מִי (’et-mi, “with who[se help]?”). Others take it as the accusative particle introducing the indirect object: “for whom did you utter…” (see GKC 371 §117.gg). Both are possible.

[26:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “has gone out from you.”

[33:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “give ear,” the Hiphil denominative verb from “ear.”

[33:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “hear all my words.”

[34:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “give ear to me.”

[34:2]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word means “the men who know,” and without a complement it means “to possess knowledge.”

[35:16]  ⁹ tn The word הֶבֶל (hevel) means “vanity; futility; to no purpose.”