Ayub 10:13

10:13 “But these things ¹  you have concealed in your heart;

I know that this ²  is with you: ³ 

Ayub 13:20

13:20 Only in two things spare me, ⁴  O God, ⁵ 

and then I will not hide from your face:

Ayub 40:7

40:7 “Get ready for a difficult task ⁶  like a man.

I will question you and you will inform me!

[10:13]  ¹ sn “These things” refers to the affliction that God had brought on Job. They were concealed by God from the beginning.

[10:13]  ² sn The meaning of the line is that this was God’s purpose all along. “These things” and “this” refer to the details that will now be given in the next few verses.

[10:13]  ³ sn The contradiction between how God had provided for and cared for Job’s life and how he was now dealing with him could only be resolved by Job with the supposition that God had planned this severe treatment from the first as part of his plan.

[13:20]  ⁴ tn The line reads “do not do two things.”

[13:20]  ⁵ tn “God” is supplied to the verse, for the address is now to him. Job wishes to enter into dispute with God, but he first appeals that God not take advantage of him with his awesome power.

[40:7]  ⁶ tn See note on “task” in 38:3.