Job 28:10

28:10 He has cut out channels ¹  through the rocks;

his eyes have spotted ²  every precious thing.

Job 31:4

31:4 Does he not see my ways

and count all my steps?

Job 33:1

Elihu Invites Job’s Attention

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

and hear ³  everything I have to say! ⁴ 

Job 34:21

34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,

he observes all a person’s ⁵  steps.

Job 36:19

36:19 Would your wealth ⁶  sustain you,

so that you would not be in distress, ⁷ 

even all your mighty efforts? ⁸ 

[28:10]  ¹ tn Or “tunnels.” The word is יְאֹרִים (yÿ’orim), the word for “rivers” and in the singular, the Nile River. Here it refers to tunnels or channels through the rocks.

[28:10]  ² tn Heb “his eye sees.”

[33:1]  ³ tn Heb “give ear,” the Hiphil denominative verb from “ear.”

[33:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “hear all my words.”

[34:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (a person) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:19]  ⁷ tn The form in the MT is “your cry (for help).” See J. E. Hartley (Job [NICOT], 472-73) and E. Dhorme (Job, 547-48) on the difficulties.

[36:19]  ⁸ tn This part has only two words לֹא בְצָר (lo’ bÿtsar, “not in distress”). The negated phrase serves to explain the first colon.

[36:19]  ⁹ tc For the many suggestions and the reasoning here, see the commentaries.