Ayub 21:23

Death Levels Everything

21:23 “One man dies in his full vigor, ¹ 

completely secure and prosperous,

Ayub 34:8

34:8 He goes about ²  in company ³  with evildoers,

he goes along ⁴  with wicked men. ⁵ 

Ayub 41:16

41:16 each one is so close to the next ⁶ 

that no air can come between them.

[21:23]  ¹ tn The line has “in the bone of his perfection.” The word עֶצֶם (’etsem), which means “bone,” is used pronominally to express “the same, very”; here it is “in the very fullness of his strength” (see GKC 449 §139.g). The abstract תֹּם (tom) is used here in the sense of physical perfection and strengths.

[34:8]  ² tn The perfect verb with the vav (ו) consecutive carries the sequence forward from the last description.

[34:8]  ³ tn The word חֶבְרַה (khevrah, “company”) is a hapax legomenon. But its meaning is clear enough from the connections to related words and this context as well.

[34:8]  ⁴ tn The infinitive construct with the ל (lamed) preposition may continue the clause with the finite verb (see GKC 351 §114.p).

[34:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “men of wickedness”; the genitive is attributive (= “wicked men”).

[41:16]  ⁶ tn The expression “each one…to the next” is literally “one with one.”