Ayub 30:2

30:2 Moreover, the strength of their ¹  hands –

what use was it to me?

Men whose strength ²  had perished;

Ayub 34:9

34:9 For he says, ‘It does not profit a man

when he makes his delight with God.’ ³ 

[30:2]  ¹ tn The reference is to the fathers of the scorners, who are here regarded as weak and worthless.

[30:2]  ² tn The word כֶּלַח (kelakh) only occurs in Job 5:26; but the Arabic cognate gives this meaning “strength.” Others suggest כָּלַח (kalakh, “old age”), ֹכּל־חַיִל (kol-khayil, “all vigor”), כֹּל־לֵחַ (kol-leakh, “all freshness”), and the like. But there is no reason for such emendation.

[34:9]  ³ tn Gordis, however, takes this expression in the sense of “being in favor with God.”