Job 37:13

37:13 Whether it is for punishment ¹  for his land,

or whether it is for mercy,

he causes it to find its mark. ² 

[37:13]  ¹ tn Heb “rod,” i.e., a rod used for punishment.

[37:13]  ² tn This is interpretive; Heb “he makes find it.” The lightning could be what is intended here, for it finds its mark. But R. Gordis (Job, 429) suggests man is the subject – let him find what it is for, i.e., the fate appropriate for him.