Ayub 29:20

29:20 My glory ¹  will always be fresh ²  in me,

and my bow ever new in my hand.’

Ayub 39:23

39:23 On it the quiver rattles;

the lance and javelin ³  flash.

[29:20]  ¹ tn The word is “my glory,” meaning his high respect and his honor. Hoffmann proposed to read כִּידוֹן (kidon) instead, meaning “javelin” (as in 1 Sam 17:6), to match the parallelism (RQ 3 [1961/62]: 388). But the parallelism does not need to be so tight.

[29:20]  ² tn Heb “new.”

[39:23]  ³ tn This may be the scimitar (see G. Molin, “What is a kidon?” JSS 1 [1956]: 334-37).