Job 9:8

9:8 he alone spreads out the heavens,

and treads ¹  on the waves of the sea; ² 

Job 15:25

15:25 for he stretches out his hand against God, ³ 

and vaunts himself ⁴  against the Almighty,

Job 23:11

23:11 My feet ⁵  have followed ⁶  his steps closely;

I have kept to his way and have not turned aside. ⁷ 

Job 24:4

24:4 They turn the needy from the pathway,

and the poor of the land hide themselves together. ⁸ 

[9:8]  ¹ tn Or “marches forth.”

[9:8]  ² tn The reference is probably to the waves of the sea. This is the reading preserved in NIV and NAB, as well as by J. Crenshaw, “Wÿdorek `al-bamote ‘ares,” CBQ 34 (1972): 39-53. But many see here a reference to Canaanite mythology. The marginal note in the RSV has “the back of the sea dragon.” The view would also see in “sea” the Ugaritic god Yammu.

[15:25]  ³ sn The symbol of the outstretched hand is the picture of attempting to strike someone, or shaking a fist at someone; it is a symbol of a challenge or threat (see Isa 5:25; 9:21; 10:4).

[15:25]  ⁴ tn The Hitpael of גָּבַר (gavar) means “to act with might” or “to behave like a hero.” The idea is that the wicked boldly vaunts himself before the Lord.

[23:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “my foot.”

[23:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “held fast.”

[23:11]  ⁷ tn The last clause, “and I have not turned aside,” functions adverbially in the sentence. The form אָט (’at) is a pausal form of אַתֶּה (’atteh), the Hiphil of נָטָה (natah, “stretch out”).

[24:4]  ⁷ sn Because of the violence and oppression of the wicked, the poor and needy, the widows and orphans, all are deprived of their rights and forced out of the ways and into hiding just to survive.