Job 34:26

34:26 He strikes them for their wickedness, ¹ 

in a place where people can see, ² 

Job 41:17

41:17 They lock tightly together, one to the next; ³ 

they cling together and cannot be separated.

[34:26]  ¹ tn Heb “under wicked men,” or “under wickednesses.” J. C. Greenfield shows that the preposition can mean “among” as well (“Prepositions B Tachat in Jes 57:5,” ZAW 32 [1961]: 227). That would allow “among wicked men.” It could also be “instead of” or even “in return for [their wickedness]” which is what the RSV does.

[34:26]  ² tn The text simply uses רֹאִים (ro’im): “[in the place where there are] seers,” i.e., spectators.

[41:17]  ³ tn Heb “a man with his brother.”