Job 34:30

34:30 so that the godless man should not rule,

and not lay snares for the people. ¹ 

Acts 13:46

13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, ²  “It was necessary to speak the word of God ³  to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy ⁴  of eternal life, we ⁵  are turning to the Gentiles. ⁶ 

[34:30]  ¹ tn This last verse is difficult because it is unbalanced and cryptic. Some have joined the third line of v. 29 with this entire verse to make a couplet. But the same result is achieved by simply regarding this verse as the purpose of v. 29. But there still are some words that must be added. In the first colon, “[he is over the nations]…preventing from ruling.” And in the second colon, “laying” has to be supplied before “snares.”

[13:46]  ² tn Grk “Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out courageously and said.” The redundancy is removed in the translation and the verb “replied” is used in keeping with the logical sequence of events. The theme of boldness reappears: Acts 4:24-30; 9:27-28.

[13:46]  ³ tn Grk “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken.” For smoothness and simplicity of English style, the passive construction has been converted to active voice in the translation.

[13:46]  ⁴ tn Or “and consider yourselves unworthy.”

[13:46]  ⁵ tn Grk “behold, we.” In this context ἰδού (idou) is not easily translated into English.

[13:46]  ⁶ sn This turning to the Gentiles would be a shocking rebuke to 1st century Jews who thought they alone were the recipients of the promise.