Ayub 30:6

30:6 so that they had to live ¹ 

in the dry stream beds, ² 

in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

Ayub 40:22

40:22 The lotus trees conceal it in their ³  shadow;

the poplars by the stream conceal it.

[30:6]  ¹ tn This use of the infinitive construct expresses that they were compelled to do something (see GKC 348-49 §114.h, k).

[30:6]  ² tn The adjectives followed by a partitive genitive take on the emphasis of a superlative: “in the most horrible of valleys” (see GKC 431 §133.h).

[40:22]  ³ tn The suffix is singular, but must refer to the trees’ shade.