[6:11] 1 sn Now, in vv. 11-13, Job proceeds to describe his hopeless condition. In so doing, he is continuing his defense of his despair and lament. The section begins with these rhetorical questions in which Job affirms that he does not have the strength to wait for the blessings that Eliphaz is talking about.
[6:11] 2 tn The word translated “my end” is קִצִּי (qitsi). It refers to the termination of his life. In Ps 39:5 it is parallel to “the measure of my days.” In a sense, Job is asking what future he has. To him, the “end” of his affliction can only be death.
[19:19] 3 tn Heb “men of my confidence,” or “men of my council,” i.e., intimate friends, confidants.
[19:19] 4 tn The pronoun זֶה (zeh) functions here in the place of a nominative (see GKC 447 §138.h).
[19:19] 5 tn T. Penar translates this “turn away from me” (“Job 19,19 in the Light of Ben Sira 6,11,” Bib 48 [1967]: 293-95).
[21:4] 5 tn The addition of the independent pronoun at the beginning of the sentence (“Is it I / against a man / my complaint”) strengthens the pronominal suffix on “complaint” (see GKC 438 §135.f).
[21:4] 6 sn The point seems to be that if his complaint were merely against men he might expect sympathy from other men; but no one dares offer him sympathy when his complaint is against God. So he will give free expression to his spirit (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 147).
[21:4] 7 tn On disjunctive interrogatives, see GKC 475 §150.g.
[21:4] 8 tn Heb “why should my spirit/breath not be short” (see Num 21:4; Judg 16:16).
