Job 33:26

Context

33:26 He entreats God, and God¹ delights in him,

he sees God’s face² with rejoicing,

and God³ restores to him his righteousness.⁴

Job 37:23

Context

37:23 As for the Almighty,⁵ we cannot attain to him!

He is great in power,

but justice⁶ and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

[33:26] ¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:26] ²tn Heb “his face”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:26] ³tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:26] ⁴tc Many commentators think this line is superfluous and so delete it. The RSV changed the verb to “he recounts,” making the idea that the man publishes the news of his victory or salvation (taking “righteousness” as a metonymy of cause).

[37:23] ⁵tn The name “Almighty” is here a casus pendens, isolating the name at the front of the sentence and resuming it with a pronoun.

[37:23] ⁶tn The MT places the major disjunctive accent (the atnach) under “power,” indicating that “and justice” as a disjunctive clause starting the second half of the verse (with ESV, NASB, NIV, NLT). Ignoring the Masoretic accent, NRSV has “he is great in power and justice.”