Ayub 30:5

30:5 They were banished from the community ¹  –

people ²  shouted at them

like they would shout at thieves ³  –

Ayub 37:9

37:9 A tempest blows out from its chamber,

icy cold from the driving winds. ⁴ 

[30:5]  ¹ tn The word גֵּו (gev) is an Aramaic term meaning “midst,” indicating “midst [of society].” But there is also a Phoenician word that means “community” (DISO 48).

[30:5]  ² tn The form simply is the plural verb, but it means those who drove them from society.

[30:5]  ³ tn The text merely says “as thieves,” but it obviously compares the poor to the thieves.

[37:9]  ⁴ tn The “driving winds” reflects the Hebrew “from the scatterers.” This refers to the north winds that bring the cold air and the ice and snow and hard rains.