Ulangan 33:12

Blessing on Benjamin

33:12 Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him;

he protects him all the time,

and the Lord ¹  places him on his chest. ² 

Ayub 31:36

31:36 Surely ³  I would wear it proudly ⁴  on my shoulder,

I would bind ⁵  it on me like a crown;

[33:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:12]  ² tn Heb “between his shoulders.” This suggests the scene in John 13:23 with Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.

[31:36]  ³ tn The clause begins with the positive oath formula, אִם־לֹא (’im-lo’).

[31:36]  ⁴ tn The word “proudly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied (note the following line).

[31:36]  ⁵ tn This verb is only found in Prov 6:21. But E. Dhorme (Job, 470) suggests that (with metathesis) we have a derivative מַעֲדַנּוֹת (ma’adannot, “bonds; ties”) in 38:31.