Ayub 33:9

33:9 ¹ ‘I am pure, without transgression;

I am clean ²  and have no iniquity.

Ayub 34:5

34:5 For Job says, ‘I am innocent, ³ 

but God turns away my right.

Ayub 35:2

35:2 “Do you think this to be ⁴  just:

when ⁵  you say, ‘My right before God.’ ⁶ 

Ayub 40:8

40:8 Would you indeed annul ⁷  my justice?

Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

[33:9]  ¹ sn See Job 9:21; 10:7; 23:7; 27:4; ch. 31.

[33:9]  ² tn The word is a hapax legomenon; hap is from חָפַף (khafaf). It is used in New Hebrew in expressions like “to wash” the head. Cognates in Syriac and Akkadian support the meaning “to wash; to clean.”

[34:5]  ³ tn Heb “righteous,” but in this context it means to be innocent or in the right.

[35:2]  ⁴ tn The line could be read as “do you reckon this for justice? Here “to be” is understood.

[35:2]  ⁵ tn The word “when” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[35:2]  ⁶ tn The brief line could be interpreted in a number of ways. The MT simply has “my right from God.” It could be “I am right before God,” “I am more just/right than God” (identifying the preposition as a comparative min (מִן); cf. J. E. Hartley, Job [NICOT], 463), “I will be right before God,” or “My just cause against God.”

[40:8]  ⁷ tn The verb פָּרַר (parar) means “to annul; to break; to frustrate.” It was one thing for Job to claim his own integrity, but it was another matter altogether to nullify God’s righteousness in the process.