Job 33:29

Elihu’s Appeal to Job ¹ 

33:29 “Indeed, God does all these things,

twice, three times, in his dealings ²  with a person,

Job 34:8

34:8 He goes about ³  in company ⁴  with evildoers,

he goes along ⁵  with wicked men. ⁶ 

Job 34:32

34:32 Teach me what I cannot see. ⁷ 

If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

Job 35:6

35:6 If you sin, how does it affect God? ⁸ 

If your transgressions are many,

what does it do to him? ⁹ 

[33:29]  ¹ sn Elihu will repeat these instructions for Job to listen, over and over in painful repetition. See note on the heading to 32:1.

[33:29]  ² tn The phrase “in his dealings” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[34:8]  ³ tn The perfect verb with the vav (ו) consecutive carries the sequence forward from the last description.

[34:8]  ⁴ tn The word חֶבְרַה (khevrah, “company”) is a hapax legomenon. But its meaning is clear enough from the connections to related words and this context as well.

[34:8]  ⁵ tn The infinitive construct with the ל (lamed) preposition may continue the clause with the finite verb (see GKC 351 §114.p).

[34:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “men of wickedness”; the genitive is attributive (= “wicked men”).

[34:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “what I do not see,” more specifically, “apart from [that which] I see.”

[35:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “him” (also in v. 7); the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:6]  ⁸ tn See Job 7:20.