Ayub 36:31

36:31 It is by these that he judges ¹  the nations

and supplies food in abundance.

Yeremia 14:4

14:4 They are dismayed because the ground is cracked ² 

because there has been no rain in the land.

The farmers, too, are dismayed

and bury their faces in their hands.

[36:31]  ¹ tn The verb is יָדִין (yadin, “he judges”). Houbigant proposedיָזוּן (yazun, “he nourishes”). This has found wide acceptance among commentators (cf. NAB). G. R. Driver retained the MT but gave a meaning “enriches” to the verb (“Problems in the Hebrew text of Job,” VTSup 3 [1955]: 88ff.).

[14:4]  ² tn For the use of the verb “is cracked” here see BDB 369 s.v. חָתַת Qal.1 and compare the usage in Jer 51:56 where it refers to broken bows. The form is a relative clause without relative pronoun (cf., GKC 486-87 §155.f). The sentence as a whole is related to the preceding through a particle meaning “because of” or “on account of.” Hence the subject and verb have been repeated to make the connection.