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Job 36:32

Context

36:32 With his hands 1  he covers 2  the lightning,

and directs it against its target.

Job 21:15

Context

21:15 Who is the Almighty, that 3  we should serve him?

What would we gain

if we were to pray 4  to him?’ 5 

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[36:32]  1 tn R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”

[36:32]  2 tn Because the image might mean that God grabs the lightning and hurls it like a javelin (cf. NLT), some commentators want to change “covers” to other verbs. Dhorme has “lifts” (נִשָּׂא [nissa’] for כִּסָּה [kissah]). This fit the idea of God directing the lightning bolts.

[21:15]  3 tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”

[21:15]  4 tn The verb פָּגַע (paga’) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.

[21:15]  5 tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.



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