13:22 Then call, 1 and I will answer,
or I will speak, and you respond to me.
1 tn The imperatives in the verse function like the future tense in view of their use for instruction or advice. The chiastic arrangement of the verb forms is interesting: imperative + imperfect, imperfect + imperative. The imperative is used for God, but the imperfect is used when Job is the subject. Job is calling for the court to convene – he will be either the defendant or the prosecutor.
2 tn Grk “O man.”
3 tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”
4 sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.
5 tn Grk “Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make from the same lump.”
6 tn Grk “one vessel for honor and another for dishonor.”