Job 27:7

The Condition of the Wicked

27:7 “May my enemy be like the wicked, ¹ 

my adversary ²  like the unrighteous. ³ 

Job 33:1

Elihu Invites Job’s Attention

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

and hear ⁴  everything I have to say! ⁵ 

[27:7]  ¹ sn Of course, he means like his enemy when he is judged, not when he is thriving in prosperity and luxury.

[27:7]  ² tn The form is the Hitpolel participle from קוּם (qum): “those who are rising up against me,” or “my adversary.”

[27:7]  ³ tc The LXX made a free paraphrase: “No, but let my enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me as the destruction of transgressors.”

[33:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “give ear,” the Hiphil denominative verb from “ear.”

[33:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “hear all my words.”