Ayub 38:20

38:20 that you may take them to their borders

and perceive the pathways to their homes? ¹ 

Ayub 41:24

41:24 Its heart ²  is hard as rock,

hard as a lower millstone.

[38:20]  ¹ tn The suffixes are singular (“that you may take it to its border…to its home”), referring to either the light or the darkness. Because either is referred to, the translation has employed plurals, since singulars would imply that only the second item, “darkness,” was the referent. Plurals are also employed by NAB and NIV.

[41:24]  ² tn The description of his heart being “hard” means that he is cruel and fearless. The word for “hard” is the word encountered before for molten or cast metal.