Job 6:24

No Sin Discovered

6:24 “Teach ¹  me and I, for my part, ²  will be silent;

explain to me ³  how I have been mistaken. ⁴ 

Job 24:10

24:10 They go about naked, without clothing,

and go hungry while they carry the sheaves. ⁵ 

Job 30:22

30:22 You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; ⁶ 

you toss me about ⁷  in the storm. ⁸ 

Job 34:11

34:11 For he repays a person for his work, ⁹ 

and according to the conduct of a person,

he causes the consequences to find him. ¹⁰ 

[6:24]  ¹ tn The verb “teach” or “instruct” is the Hiphil הוֹרוּנִי (horuni), from the verb יָרָה (yarah); the basic idea of “point, direct” lies behind this meaning. The verb is cognate to the noun תּוֹרָה (torah, “instruction, teaching, law”).

[6:24]  ² tn The independent personal pronoun makes the subject of the verb emphatic: “and I will be silent.”

[6:24]  ³ tn The verb is הָבִינוּ (havinu, “to cause someone to understand”); with the ל (lamed) following, it has the sense of “explain to me.”

[6:24]  ⁴ tn The verb שָׁגָה (shagah) has the sense of “wandering, getting lost, being mistaken.”

[24:10]  ⁵ sn The point should not be missed – amidst abundant harvests, carrying sheaves about, they are still going hungry.

[30:22]  ⁹ sn Here Job changes the metaphor again, to the driving storm. God has sent his storms, and Job is blown away.

[30:22]  ¹⁰ tn The verb means “to melt.” The imagery would suggest softening the ground with the showers (see Ps 65:10 [11]). The translation “toss…about” comes from the Arabic cognate that is used for the surging of the sea.

[30:22]  ¹¹ tc The Qere is תּוּשִׁיָּה (tushiyyah, “counsel”), which makes no sense here. The Kethib is a variant orthography for תְּשֻׁאָה (tÿshu’ah, “storm”).

[34:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “for the work of man, he [= God] repays him.”

[34:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he causes it to find him.” The text means that God will cause a man to find (or receive) the consequences of his actions.