Ayub 5:15
Konteks5:15 So he saves 1 from the sword that comes from their mouth, 2
even 3 the poor from the hand of the powerful.
Ayub 18:11
Konteks18:11 Terrors 4 frighten him on all sides
and dog 5 his every step.
Ayub 20:22
Konteks20:22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, 6
distress 7 overtakes him.
the full force of misery will come upon him. 8
Ayub 39:20
Konteks39:20 Do you make it leap 9 like a locust?
Its proud neighing 10 is terrifying!
Ayub 39:22
Konteks39:22 It laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
it does not shy away from the sword.
[5:15] 1 tn The verb, the Hiphil preterite of יָשַׁע (yasha’, “and he saves”) indicates that by frustrating the plans of the wicked God saves the poor. So the vav (ו) consecutive shows the result in the sequence of the verses.
[5:15] 2 tn The juxtaposition of “from the sword from their mouth” poses translation difficulties. Some
[5:15] 3 tn If the word “poor” is to do double duty, i.e., serving as the object of the verb “saves” in the first colon as well as the second, then the conjunction should be explanatory.
[18:11] 4 sn Bildad is referring here to all the things that afflict a person and cause terror. It would then be a metonymy of effect, the cause being the afflictions.
[18:11] 5 tn The verb פּוּץ (puts) in the Hiphil has the meaning “to pursue” and “to scatter.” It is followed by the expression “at his feet.” So the idea is easily derived: they chase him at his feet. But some commentators have other proposals. The most far-fetched is that of Ehrlich and Driver (ZAW 24 [1953]: 259-60) which has “and compel him to urinate on his feet,” one of many similar readings the NEB accepted from Driver.
[20:22] 6 tn The word שָׂפַק (safaq) occurs only here; it means “sufficiency; wealth; abundance (see D. W. Thomas, “The Text of Jesaia 2:6 and the Word sapaq,” ZAW 75 [1963]: 88-90).
[20:22] 7 tn Heb “there is straightness for him.” The root צָרַר (tsarar) means “to be narrowed in straits, to be in a bind.” The word here would have the idea of pressure, stress, trouble. One could say he is in a bind.
[20:22] 8 tn Heb “every hand of trouble comes to him.” The pointing of עָמֵל (’amel) indicates it would refer to one who brings trouble; LXX and Latin read an abstract noun עָמָל (’amal, “trouble”) here.
[39:20] 9 sn The same ideas are found in Joel 2:4. The leaping motion is compared to the galloping of the horse.
[39:20] 10 tn The word could mean “snorting” as well (see Jer 8:16). It comes from the root “to blow.” If the horse is running and breathing hard, this could be the sense here.