Job 1
1 a. Lit. turned away from
3 b. Lit. sons
5 c. consecrate
5 d. Lit. blessed, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:11; 2:5, 9
6 e. Lit. the Adversary
7 f. Lit. the Adversary
8 g. Lit. set your heart on
8 h. Lit. turns away from
10 i. Protected him
11 j. Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
12 k. Lit. hand
15 l. Lit. Sheba; cf. Job 6:19
15 m. Lit. fell upon
16 n. destroyed
19 o. LXX omits across
Job 2
3 a. Lit. consume
5 b. Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
9 c. Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
Job 3
2 a. Lit. answered
6 b. LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. be joined
9 c. eyelids of the dawn
11 d. expire
17 e. Lit. weary of strength
18 f. are at ease
21 g. Lit. wait
24 h. Lit. my bread
Job 4
4 a. Lit. bending
Job 5
5 a. LXX They shall not be taken from evil men; Vg. And the armed man shall take him by violence
5 b. LXX The might shall draw them off; Vg. And the thirsty shall drink up their riches
5 c. wealth
7 d. labor
20 e. Lit. hand
Job 6
14 a. Or despairing
20 b. Lit. ashamed
29 c. Lit. is in it
30 d. palate
Job 7
2 a. Lit. pants for
15 b. Lit. my bones
16 c. Without substance, futile
18 d. attend to
20 e. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Jewish tradition to You
Job 8
4 a. Lit. into the hand of their transgression
6 b. arise
9 c. Lit. not
14 d. Lit. a spider’s house
20 e. reject
21 f. Lit. shouts of joy
22 g. Lit. will not be
Job 9
3 a. argue
8 b. walks
8 c. Lit. heights
9 d. Heb. Ash, Kesil, and Kimah
12 e. Lit. who can turn Him back?
13 f. Heb. rahab
26 g. Lit. ships of reeds
30 h. lye
31 i. loathe
Job 10
1 a. Lit. leave on myself
15 b. Lit. will not
Job 11
2 a. Lit. a man of lips
3 b. be silent
6 c. Lit. forgets some of your iniquity for you
8 d. The abode of the dead
10 e. restrain
20 f. Lit. the breathing out of life
Job 12
3 a. Lit. a heart
5 b. Or disaster
10 c. Or soul
10 d. Lit. all flesh of men
11 e. palate
12 f. Long life
19 g. Lit. priests, but not in a technical sense
21 h. loosens the belt of
23 i. Lit. spreads out
24 j. Lit. heart
Job 13
7 a. unrighteously
11 b. Lit. exaltation
13 c. Be silent
27 d. Lit. inscribe a print
27 e. Lit. roots
28 f. Lit. He
Job 14
1 a. turmoil
3 b. LXX, Syr., Vg. him
6 c. Lit. cease
10 d. lies prostrate
10 e. expires
17 f. Lit. plaster over
Job 15
2 a. Lit. his belly
4 b. meditation or complaint
11 c. Or a secret thing
12 d. Or why do your eyes flash
19 e. Or earth
21 f. Terrifying
24 g. attack
Job 16
2 a. Troublesome
3 b. Empty words
13 c. Lit. kidneys
14 d. Vg. giant
15 e. Lit. horn
16 f. Lit. red
21 g. friend
Job 17
2 a. Lit. lodge
10 b. So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. all of them
11 c. desires
16 d. The abode of the dead
Job 18
4 a. Lit. one who tears his soul
13 b. parts
17 c. Lit. before the outside, i.e., the distinguished or famous
18 d. Or They drive him
20 e. Lit. who came after
20 f. Lit. who have gone before
Job 19
3 a. shamed or disgraced
3 b. A Jewish tradition make yourselves strange to me
7 c. violence
8 d. walled off my way
17 e. Lit. strange
26 f. Lit. struck off
27 g. Lit. kidneys
Job 20
3 a. Lit. of my insulting correction
13 b. Lit. palate
19 c. crushed
20 d. Lit. belly
22 e. Or the wretched or sufferer
25 f. Gallbladder
Job 21
2 a. comfort
9 b. The rod of God’s chastisement
13 c. Without lingering
13 d. Or Sheol
16 e. Lit. their goal
18 f. steals away
19 g. stores up
19 h. Lit. his
24 i. LXX, Vg. bowels; Syr. sides; Tg. breasts
28 j. Vg. omits the tent
34 k. faithlessness
Job 22
8 a. Lit. man of arm
9 b. Lit. arms
17 c. LXX, Syr. us
20 d. LXX substance is
25 e. Ancient vss. suggest defense; MT gold, as in v. 24
Job 23
2 a. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. His
12 b. Lit. appointed portion
17 c. Or by or before
Job 24
15 a. Lit. puts a covering on his face
19 b. Lit. seize
19 c. Or Sheol
21 d. Lit. feeds on
24 e. Lit. gathered up
Job 25
3 a. Can His armies be counted?
Job 26
8 a. do not break
11 b. amazed
12 c. Heb. rahab
Job 27
6 a. reprove
11 b. Or by
15 c. Lit. his
18 d. So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. spider (cf. 8:14); Tg. decay
18 e. Temporary shelter
19 f. So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr. But shall not add (i.e., do it again); Vg. But take away nothing
22 g. Lit. hand
Job 28
2 a. Lit. dust
8 b. Lit. sons of pride, figurative of the great lions
9 c. At the base
17 d. vessels
18 e. Heb. ramoth
21 f. heaven
22 g. Heb. Abaddon
27 h. Lit. it
Job 29
6 a. So with ancient vss. and a few Heb. mss. (cf. Job 20:17); MT wrath
Job 30
1 a. Lit. of fewer days
4 b. A plant of the salty marshes
6 c. wadis
6 d. Lit. holes
11 e. So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX, Vg. His
27 f. I seethe inside
Job 31
1 a. look intently or gaze
6 b. Lit. Let Him weigh me
8 c. uprooted
18 d. Lit. her
20 e. Lit. loins
26 f. Lit. light
30 g. Or life
32 h. So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT road
33 i. Or as men do
35 j. Lit. Accuser
39 k. Lit. strength
Job 32
4 a. Vg. till Job had spoken
7 b. Lit. Days, i.e., years
9 c. Or Men of many years
14 d. ordered
19 e. bosom
19 f. opening
Job 33
6 a. Lit. as your mouth
8 b. Lit. in my ears
18 c. Lit. passing
20 d. desirable
24 e. an atonement
28 f. Kt. my
33 g. Keep silent
Job 34
6 a. Lit. arrow
7 b. derision
10 c. men of heart
Job 36
5 a. of heart
8 b. chains
9 c. proudly
10 d. discipline
12 e. MT as one without knowledge
14 f. Lit. Their soul dies
14 g. Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy or prostitution in religious rituals
32 h. strike the mark
33 i. Lit. what is rising
Job 37
3 a. Or light
6 b. Lit. shower of rain
11 c. clouds of light
12 d. Lit. the world of the earth
13 e. Lit. a rod
15 f. places them
Job 38
3 a. Lit. gird up your loins like
5 b. measuring line
15 c. Lit. high
17 d. Lit. opened
24 e. Lit. divided
30 f. Lit. imprisoned
31 g. Or the Seven Stars
32 h. Lit. Constellations
32 i. Or Arcturus
36 j. Lit. the inward parts
Job 39
3 a. Lit. pangs
5 b. A species of wild donkey
6 c. Lit. salt land
12 d. Lit. seed
16 e. Lit. fear
19 f. Or a mane
20 g. make him spring
Job 40
7 a. Lit. gird up your loins
8 b. nullify
15 c. A large animal, exact identity unknown
Job 41
1 a. A large sea creature, exact identity unknown
2 b. thorn
6 c. Or bargain over him
12 d. Lit. keep silent about
13 e. Lit. take off the face of his garment
15 f. Lit. shields
22 g. despair
25 h. Or purify themselves
Job 42
6 a. despise
8 b. Lit. his face
9 c. Lit. lifted up the face of Job
10 d. Lit. turned the captivity of Job, what was captured from Job
14 e. Lit. Handsome as the Day
14 f. Cassia, a fragrance
14 g. Lit. The Horn of Color or The Colorful Ray