Ayub 40:12

40:12 Look at every proud man and abase him;

crush the wicked on the spot! ¹ 

Ayub 40:16

40:16 Look ²  at its strength in its loins,

and its power in the muscles of its belly.

[40:12]  ¹ tn The expression translated “on the spot” is the prepositional phrase תַּחְתָּם (takhtam, “under them”). “Under them” means in their place. But it can also mean “where someone stands, on the spot” (see Exod 16:29; Jos 6:5; Judg 7:21, etc.).

[40:16]  ² 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!”