Job 27:22

27:22 It hurls itself against him without pity ¹ 

as he flees headlong from its power.

Job 20:24

20:24 If he flees from an iron weapon,

then an arrow ²  from a bronze bow pierces him.

Job 9:25

Renewed Complaint

9:25 “My days ³  are swifter than a runner, ⁴ 

they speed by without seeing happiness.

Job 14:2

14:2 He grows up ⁵  like a flower and then withers away; ⁶ 

he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. ⁷ 

Job 41:28

41:28 Arrows ⁸  do not make it flee;

slingstones become like chaff to it.

[27:22]  ¹ tn The verb is once again functioning in an adverbial sense. The text has “it hurls itself against him and shows no mercy.”

[20:24]  ² tn Heb “a bronze bow pierces him.” The words “an arrow from” are implied and are supplied in the translation; cf. “pulls it out” in the following verse.

[9:25]  ³ tn The text has “and my days” following the thoughts in the previous section.

[9:25]  ⁴ sn Job returns to the thought of the brevity of his life (7:6). But now the figure is the swift runner instead of the weaver’s shuttle.

[14:2]  ⁴ tn Heb יָצָא (yatsa’, “comes forth”). The perfect verb expresses characteristic action and so is translated by the present tense (see GKC 329 §111.s).

[14:2]  ⁵ tn The verb וַיִּמָּל (vayyimmal) is from the root מָלַל (malal, “to languish; to wither”) and not from a different root מָלַל (malal, “to cut off”).

[14:2]  ⁶ tn The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness.

[41:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “the son of the bow.”