Discovery Box| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 21:2) |
1 tn The intensity of the appeal is again expressed by the imperative followed by the infinitive absolute for emphasis. See note on “listen carefully” in 13:17. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 21:3) |
2 tn The conjunction and the independent personal pronoun draw emphatic attention to the subject of the verb: “and I on my part will speak.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 21:32) |
2 tn The Hebrew word refers to the tumulus, the burial mound that is erected on the spot where the person is buried. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 24:22) |
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “life” at the end of the line. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 26:13) |
1 tn Or “wind”; or perhaps “Spirit.” The same Hebrew word, רוּחַ (ruakh), may be translated as “wind,” “breath,” or “spirit/Spirit” depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 28:5) |
1 sn The verse has been properly understood, on the whole, as comparing the earth above and all its produce with the upheaval down below. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 28:21) |
1 tn The vav on the verb is unexpressed in the LXX. It should not be overlooked, for it introduces a subordinate clause of condition (R. Gordis, Job, 310). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 30:6) |
2 tn The adjectives followed by a partitive genitive take on the emphasis of a superlative: “in the most horrible of valleys” (see GKC 431 §133.h). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 33:29) |
1 sn Elihu will repeat these instructions for Job to listen, over and over in painful repetition. See note on the heading to 32:1. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 34:33) |
3 tn There is no object on the verb, and the meaning is perhaps lost. The best guess is that Elihu is saying Job has rejected his teaching. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 36:8) |
1 tn Dhorme thinks that the verse is still talking about kings, who may be in captivity. But this diverts attention from Elihu’s emphasis on the righteous. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 38:23) |
1 sn The terms translated war and battle are different Hebrew words, but both may be translated “war” or “battle” depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 38:29) |
1 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 39:7) |
1 sn The animal is happier in open countryside than in a busy town, and on its own rather than being driven by a herdsman. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Job 41:10) |
1 sn The description is of the animal, not the hunter (or fisherman). Leviathan is so fierce that no one can take him on alone. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Psa 3:4) |
2 sn His holy hill. That is, Zion (see Pss 2:6; 48:1-2). The psalmist recognizes that the |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Psa 5:11) |
2 tn The prefixed verbal form is a jussive of wish or prayer. The psalmist calls on God to reward his faithful followers. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Psa 6:10) |
1 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist concludes his prayer with an imprecation, calling judgment down on his enemies. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Psa 11:6) |
3 sn The image of God “raining down” brimstone on the objects of his judgment also appears in Gen 19:24 and Ezek 38:22. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Psa 17:2) |
2 tn Heb “May your eyes look at what is right.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as jussive. (See also the preceding note on the word “behalf.”) |
