Ayub 31:28

31:28 then this ¹  also would be iniquity to be judged, ² 

for I would have been false ³  to God above.

Ayub 41:8

41:8 If you lay your hand on it,

you will remember ⁴  the fight,

and you will never do it again!

[31:28]  ¹ tn Heb “it.”

[31:28]  ² tn See v. 11 for the construction. In Deut 17:2ff. false worship of heavenly bodies is a capital offense. In this passage, Job is talking about just a momentary glance at the sun or moon and the brief lapse into a pagan thought. But it is still sin.

[31:28]  ³ tn The verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the Piel means “to deny.” The root meaning is “to deceive; to disappoint; to grow lean.” Here it means that he would have failed or proven unfaithful because his act would have been a denial of God.

[41:8]  ⁴ tn The verse uses two imperatives which can be interpreted in sequence: do this, and then this will happen.