Ayub 33:9-10

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

I am clean ²  and have no iniquity.

33:10 ³ Yet God ⁴  finds occasions ⁵  with me;

he regards me as his enemy!

[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.”

[33:10]  ³ sn See Job 10:13ff.; 19:6ff.; and 13:24.

[33:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew means “frustrations” or “oppositions.” The RSV has “displeasure,” NIV “faults,” and NRSV “occasions.” Rashi chose the word found in Judg 14:4 – with metathesis – meaning “pretexts” (תֹּאֲנוֹת, to’anot); this is followed by NAB, NASB.