Ayub 15:11

15:11 Are God’s consolations ¹  too trivial for you; ² 

or a word spoken ³  in gentleness to you?

Ayub 28:23

28:23 God understands the way to it,

and he alone knows its place.

Mazmur 37:31

37:31 The law of their God controls their thinking; ⁴ 

their ⁵  feet do not slip.

[15:11]  ¹ sn The word תַּנְחֻמוֹת (tankhumot) occurs here and only in Job 21:34. The words of comfort and consolation that they have been offering to Job are here said to be “of God.” But Job will call them miserable comforters (16:2).

[15:11]  ² tn The formula “is it too little for you” or “is it too slight a matter for you” is also found in Isa 7:13 (see GKC 430 §133.c).

[15:11]  ³ tn The word “spoken” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.

[37:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “the law of his God [is] in his heart.” The “heart” is here the seat of one’s thoughts and motives.

[37:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “his.” The pronoun has been translated as plural to agree with the representative or typical “godly” in v. 30.