Ayub 39:23

39:23 On it the quiver rattles;

the lance and javelin ¹  flash.

Ayub 40:1

Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge

40:1 Then the Lord answered Job:

Ayub 40:3

40:3 Then Job answered the Lord:

Ayub 40:6

The Lord’s Second Speech ² 

40:6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:

Ayub 40:16

40:16 Look ³  at its strength in its loins,

and its power in the muscles of its belly.

Ayub 40:18

40:18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,

its limbs like bars of iron.

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

[40:6]  ² sn The speech can be divided into three parts: the invitation to Job to assume the throne and rule the world (40:7-14), the description of Behemoth (40:15-24), and the description of Leviathan (41:1-34).

[40:16]  ³ tn In both of these verses הִנֶּה (hinneh, “behold”) has the deictic force (the word is from Greek δείκνυμι, deiknumi, “to show”). It calls attention to something by pointing it out. The expression goes with the sudden look, the raised eye, the pointing hand – “O look!”