Job 9:34

9:34 who ¹  would take his ²  rod ³  away from me

so that his terror ⁴  would not make me afraid.

Psalms 73:5

73:5 They are immune to the trouble common to men;

they do not suffer as other men do. ⁵ 

[9:34]  ¹ tn The verse probably continues the description from the last verse, and so a relative pronoun may be supplied here as well.

[9:34]  ² tn According to some, the reference of this suffix would be to God. The arbiter would remove the rod of God from Job. But others take it as a separate sentence with God removing his rod.

[9:34]  ³ sn The “rod” is a symbol of the power of God to decree whatever judgments and afflictions fall upon people.

[9:34]  ⁴ tn “His terror” is metonymical; it refers to the awesome majesty of God that overwhelms Job and causes him to be afraid.

[73:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the trouble of man they are not, and with mankind they are not afflicted.”