1 consecrate
2 Lit. blessed, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:11; 2:5, 9
* See WW at Gen. 29:32.
1 Lit. the Adversary
a [1 Pet. 5:8]
1 Lit. the Adversary
1 Lit. set your heart on
2 Lit. turns away from
a Job 29:2–6; Ps. 34:7; Is. 5:2
b [Ps. 128:1, 2; Prov. 10:22]
1 Protected him
1 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
1 Lit. hand
a [Eccl. 9:12]
2 Lit. fell upon
1 destroyed
1 LXX omits across
a Gen. 37:29, 34; Josh. 7:6; Ezra 9:3
b [1 Pet. 5:6]
a [Ps. 49:17; Eccl. 5:15]; 1 Tim. 6:7
CHAPTER 2
1 Lit. consume
1 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
a Job 42:6; Jer. 6:26; Ezek. 27:30; Jon. 3:6; Matt. 11:21
1 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
a Job 1:21, 22; [Heb. 12:6; James 5:10, 11]
b Job 1:22; [James 1:12]
a Gen. 36:11; 1 Chr. 1:36; Job 6:19; Jer. 49:7; Obad. 9
a Josh. 7:6; Neh. 9:1; Lam. 2:10; Ezek. 27:30
CHAPTER 3
1 Lit. answered
a Job 10:18, 19; Jer. 20:14–18
* See WW at Judg. 5:31.
* See WW at Jer. 31:22.
a Job 10:21, 22; Jer. 13:16; Amos 5:8
1 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. be joined
1 eyelids of the dawn
1 expire
1 Lit. weary of strength
* See WW at Prov. 10:16.
1 are at ease
1 Lit. wait
a Job 19:8; Ps. 88:8; Lam. 3:7
1 Lit. my bread
CHAPTER 4
1 Lit. bending
a [Job 8:20; 36:6, 7; Ps. 37:25]
a [Job 15:31, 35; Prov. 22:8; Hos. 10:13; Gal. 6:7]
* See WW at Prov. 22:8.
CHAPTER 5
a [Ps. 37:35, 36]; Jer. 12:1–3
1 LXX They shall not be taken from evil men; Vg. And the armed man shall take him by violence
2 LXX The might shall draw them off; Vg. And the thirsty shall drink up their riches
3 wealth
1 labor
a [Job 36:27–29; 37:6–11; 38:26]
a Ps. 94:12; [Prov. 3:11, 12; Heb. 12:5, 6; Rev. 3:19]
a [Deut. 32:39; 1 Sam. 2:6, 7]; Is. 30:26; Hos. 6:1
a Ps. 34:19; 91:3; [1 Cor. 10:13]
1 Lit. hand
a Ps. 91:13; Is. 11:9; 35:9; 65:25; Ezek. 34:25
a [Prov. 9:11; 10:27]
CHAPTER 6
a Num. 11:15; 1 Kin. 19:4; Job 7:16; 9:21; 10:1
a [Prov. 17:17]
1 Or despairing
a Gen. 25:15; Is. 21:14; Jer. 25:23
b 1 Kin. 10:1; Ps. 72:10; Ezek. 27:22, 23
1 Lit. ashamed
1 Lit. is in it
1 palate
CHAPTER 7
a [Job 14:5, 13, 14]; Ps. 39:4
1 Lit. pants for
a Job 9:25; 16:22; 17:11; Is. 38:12; [James 4:14]
1 Lit. my bones
1 Without substance, futile
a Job 22:2; Ps. 8:4; 144:3; Heb. 2:6
1 attend to
1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Jewish tradition to You
CHAPTER 8
a Gen. 18:25; [Deut. 32:4; 2 Chr. 19:7; Job 34:10, 12; 36:23; 37:23]; Rom. 3:5
* See WW at Num. 36:13.
1 Lit. into the hand of their transgression
a [Job 5:17–27; 11:13]
1 arise
a Deut. 4:32; 32:7; Job 15:18; 20:4
a Gen. 47:9; [1 Chr. 29:15]; Job 7:6; [Ps. 39:5; 102:11; 144:4]
1 Lit. not
b Job 11:20; 18:14; 27:8; Ps. 112:10; [Prov. 10:28]
1 Lit. a spider’s house
1 reject
1 Lit. shouts of joy
* See WW at Jer. 23:24.
1 Lit. will not be
CHAPTER 9
a [Job 4:17; 15:14–16; Ps. 143:2; Rom. 3:20]
b [Hab. 2:4; Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38]
1 argue
a Is. 2:19, 21; Hag. 2:6; Heb. 12:26
a Gen. 1:6; Job 37:18; Ps. 104:2, 3; Is. 40:22
1 walks
2 Lit. heights
* See WW at Deut. 11:25.
a Gen. 1:16; Job 38:31; Amos 5:8
1 Heb. Ash, Kesil, and Kimah
* See WW at Judg. 13:19.
a [Is. 45:9; Dan. 4:35; Rom. 9:20]
1 Lit. who can turn Him back?
1 Heb. rahab
* See WW at 2 Chr. 20:20.
a [Eccl. 9:2, 3]; Ezek. 21:3
* See WW at Prov. 10:16.
1 Lit. ships of reeds
1 lye
1 loathe
a Eccl. 6:10; [Is. 45:9; Jer. 49:19; Rom. 9:20]
a [1 Sam. 2:25]; Job 9:19; Is. 1:18
CHAPTER 10
a 1 Kin. 19:4; Job 7:16; Jon. 4:3
1 Lit. leave on myself
a [1 Sam. 16:7; Job 28:24; 34:21]
* See WW at Num. 14:18.
1 Lit. will not
a Is. 38:13; Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:7
CHAPTER 11
1 Lit. a man of lips
1 be silent
1 Lit. forgets some of your iniquity for you
a Job 33:12, 13; 36:26; [Eccl. 3:11; Rom. 11:33]
1 The abode of the dead
1 restrain
a [1 Sam. 7:3]
* See WW at Prov. 22:8.
* See WW at Num. 10:12.
a Job 22:26; Ps. 119:6; [1 John 3:21]
a Ps. 37:6; Prov. 4:18; Is. 58:8, 10
a Lev. 26:5, 6; Ps. 3:5; Prov. 3:24
a Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:65; Job 17:5
b Job 18:14; [Prov. 11:7]
1 Lit. the breathing out of life
CHAPTER 12
1 Lit. a heart
1 Or disaster
a [Job 9:24; 21:6–16; Ps. 73:12; Jer. 12:1; Mal. 3:15]
a [Acts 17:28]
1 Or soul
2 Lit. all flesh of men
1 palate
1 Long life
a Deut. 11:17; [1 Kin. 8:35, 36]
* See WW at Jer. 16:19.
1 Lit. priests, but not in a technical sense
a [Job 34:19]; Ps. 107:40; [Dan. 2:21]
1 loosens the belt of
a Dan. 2:22; [1 Cor. 4:5]
1 Lit. spreads out
1 Lit. heart
CHAPTER 13
a Job 6:21; [Jer. 23:32]
a Job 13:13; 21:5; Prov. 17:28
1 unrighteously
1 Lit. exaltation
1 Be silent
a Ps. 23:4; [Prov. 14:32]
a [Deut. 32:20]; Ps. 13:1
1 Lit. inscribe a print
2 Lit. roots
1 Lit. He
CHAPTER 14
1 turmoil
a Job 8:9; Ps. 90:5, 6, 9; 102:11; 103:15; 144:4; Is. 40:6; James 1:10, 11; 1 Pet. 1:24
1 LXX, Syr., Vg. him
a [Job 15:14; 25:4; Ps. 51:2, 5, 10; John 3:6; Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:3]
* See WW at Lev. 10:10.
1 Lit. cease
1 lies prostrate
2 expires
a Ps. 102:25, 26; [Is. 51:6; 65:17; 66:22]; Acts 3:21; [2 Pet. 3:7, 10, 11; Rev. 20:11; 21:1]
* See WW at Hos. 13:14.
a Job 10:6, 14; 13:27; 31:4; 34:21; Ps. 56:8; 139:1–3; Prov. 5:21; [Jer. 32:19]
1 Lit. plaster over
CHAPTER 15
1 Lit. his belly
1 meditation or complaint
a Job 9:20; [Luke 19:22]
a Job 38:4, 21; Ps. 90:2; Prov. 8:25
a Job 29:4; Rom. 11:34; [1 Cor. 2:11]
a Job 8:8–10; 12:12; 32:6, 7
1 Or a secret thing
1 Or why do your eyes flash
a Job 14:4; Prov. 20:9; [Eccl. 7:20; 1 John 1:8, 10]
1 Or earth
1 Terrifying
1 attack
a Job 22:16; Ps. 55:23; Eccl. 7:17
a Ps. 7:14; Is. 59:4; [Hos. 10:13]
CHAPTER 16
1 Troublesome
1 Empty words
a Ps. 22:7; 109:25; Lam. 2:15; Zeph. 2:15; Matt. 27:39
a Job 10:16, 17; 19:11; Hos. 6:1
b Is. 50:6; Lam. 3:30; Mic. 5:1; Matt. 26:67; Mark 14:65; Luke 22:63; Acts 23:2
1 Lit. kidneys
1 Vg. giant
* See WW at Ezek. 22:30.
1 Lit. horn
1 Lit. red
a Gen. 31:50; Rom. 1:9; Phil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5
a Job 31:35; Eccl. 6:10; [Is. 45:9; Rom. 9:20]
1 friend
CHAPTER 17
a 1 Sam. 1:6; Job 12:4; 17:6; 30:1, 9; 34:7
1 Lit. lodge
1 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. all of them
1 desires
a Job 7:6; 13:15; 14:19; 19:10
1 The abode of the dead
CHAPTER 18
1 Lit. one who tears his soul
a Job 21:17; Prov. 13:9; 20:20; 24:20
a Job 22:10; Ps. 9:15; 35:8; Is. 24:17, 18
1 parts
a Job 24:20; [Ps. 34:16]; Prov. 10:7
1 Lit. before the outside, i.e., the distinguished or famous
1 Or They drive him
* See WW at Jer. 51:15.
a Ps. 37:13; Jer. 50:27; Obad. 12
1 Lit. who came after
2 Lit. who have gone before
CHAPTER 19
1 shamed or disgraced
2 A Jewish tradition make yourselves strange to me
* See WW at Ezek. 16:63.
1 violence
a Job 3:23; Ps. 88:8; Lam. 3:7, 9
1 walled off my way
a Job 16:20; Ps. 31:11; 38:11; 69:8; 88:8, 18
* See WW at Jer. 42:17.
1 Lit. strange
a Job 16:8; 33:21; Ps. 102:5; Lam. 4:8
a Job 13:24, 25; 16:11; 19:6; Ps. 69:26
a [Ps. 17:15]; Matt. 5:8; 1 Cor. 13:12; [1 John 3:2]
1 Lit. struck off
1 Lit. kidneys
CHAPTER 20
1 Lit. of my insulting correction
b [Job 8:13; 13:16; 15:34; 27:8]
1 Lit. palate
1 crushed
1 Lit. belly
1 Or the wretched or sufferer
1 Gallbladder
CHAPTER 21
1 comfort
* See WW at 1 Kin. 20:8.
a Judg. 18:19; Job 13:5; 29:9; 40:4
a Job 12:6; Ps. 17:10, 14; 73:3, 12; [Jer. 12:1]; Hab. 1:13, 16
1 The rod of God’s chastisement
1 Without lingering
2 Or Sheol
a Job 22:18; Ps. 1:1; Prov. 1:10
1 Lit. their goal
a [Job 31:2, 3; Luke 12:46]
a Ps. 1:4; 35:5; Is. 17:13; Hos. 13:3
1 steals away
a [Ex. 20:5]; Jer. 31:29; Ezek. 18:2
1 stores up
2 Lit. his
a Ps. 75:8; Is. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Rev. 14:10; 19:15
a Job 35:11; 36:22; [Is. 40:13; 45:9; Rom. 11:34; 1 Cor. 2:16]
1 LXX, Vg. bowels; Syr. sides; Tg. breasts
1 Vg. omits the tent
a Job 20:29; [Prov. 16:4; 2 Pet. 2:9]
1 faithlessness
CHAPTER 22
a Job 35:7; [Ps. 16:2; Luke 17:10]
a [Ex. 22:26, 27]; Deut. 24:6, 10, 17; Job 24:3, 9; Ezek. 18:16
a Deut. 15:7; Job 31:17; Is. 58:7; Ezek. 18:7; Matt. 25:42
1 Lit. man of arm
1 Lit. arms
a Job 38:34; Ps. 69:1, 2; 124:5; Lam. 3:54
a Job 14:19; 15:32; Ps. 90:5; Is. 28:2; Matt. 7:26, 27
1 LXX, Syr. us
1 LXX substance is
b [Ps. 119:11]
1 Ancient vss. suggest defense; MT gold, as in v. 24
a Job 27:10; Ps. 37:4; Is. 58:14
a Job 11:13; 33:26; [Is. 58:9–11]
a Job 5:11; [Matt. 23:12; James 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5]
CHAPTER 23
1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. His
* See WW at Deut. 8:18.
b [Ps. 17:3; 66:10; James 1:12]
1 Lit. appointed portion
1 Or by or before
CHAPTER 24
b [Is. 2:12]; Jer. 46:10; [Obad. 15]; Zeph. 1:7
a [Deut. 19:14; 27:17]; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Hos. 5:10
a [Deut. 24:6, 10, 12, 17]; Job 22:6, 9
a Ex. 22:26, 27; [Deut. 24:12, 13]; Job 22:6; [James 2:15, 16]
* See WW at Prov. 14:26.
1 Lit. puts a covering on his face
1 Lit. seize
2 Or Sheol
a Job 18:17; Ps. 34:16; Prov. 10:7
1 Lit. feeds on
a Ps. 11:4; [Prov. 15:3]
1 Lit. gathered up
CHAPTER 25
1 Can His armies be counted?
a Job 4:17; 15:14; Ps. 130:3; 143:2
CHAPTER 26
a [Ps. 139:8]; Prov. 15:11; [Heb. 4:13]
1 do not break
a [Job 38:1–11]; Ps. 33:7; 104:9; Prov. 8:29; Jer. 5:22
1 amazed
a Ex. 14:21; Job 9:13; Is. 51:15; [Jer. 31:35]
1 Heb. rahab
CHAPTER 27
1 reprove
a Job 35:12, 13; Ps. 18:41; Prov. 1:28; 28:9; [Is. 1:15]; Jer. 14:12; Ezek. 8:18; [Mic. 3:4; John 9:31; James 4:3]
a Job 22:26, 27; [Ps. 37:4; Is. 58:14]
1 Or by
a Deut. 28:41; Esth. 9:10; Hos. 9:13
1 Lit. his
1 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. spider (cf. 8:14); Tg. decay
2 Temporary shelter
1 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr. But shall not add (i.e., do it again); Vg. But take away nothing
a Jer. 13:14; Ezek. 5:11; 24:14
1 Lit. hand
CHAPTER 28
1 Lit. dust
1 Lit. sons of pride, figurative of the great lions
1 At the base
a Prov. 3:13–15; 8:10, 11, 19
1 vessels
1 Heb. ramoth
a Job 28:12; [Ps. 111:10; Prov. 1:7; 9:10]
1 heaven
1 Heb. Abaddon
a [Ps. 11:4; 33:13, 14; 66:7; Prov. 15:3]
1 Lit. it
a [Deut. 4:6; Ps. 111:10; Prov. 1:7; 9:10; Eccl. 12:13]
CHAPTER 29
a Job 15:8; [Ps. 25:14; Prov. 3:32]
a Gen. 49:11; Deut. 32:14; Job 20:17
1 So with ancient vss. and a few Heb. mss. (cf. Job 20:17); MT wrath
* See WW at Prov. 31:28.
a Job 31:16–23; [Ps. 72:12; Prov. 21:13; 24:11]
a Deut. 24:13; Job 27:5, 6; Ps. 132:9; [Is. 59:17; 61:10; Eph. 6:14]
* See WW at Ezek. 21:2.
a [Zech. 10:1]
CHAPTER 30
1 Lit. of fewer days
1 A plant of the salty marshes
1 wadis
2 Lit. holes
a Job 17:6; Ps. 69:12; Lam. 3:14, 63
a Num. 12:14; Deut. 25:9; Job 17:6; Is. 50:6; Matt. 26:67; 27:30
1 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX, Vg. His
* See WW at Prov. 16:3.
* See WW at Prov. 10:3.
a Job 10:3; 16:9, 14; 19:6, 22
1 I seethe inside
a Job 30:31; Ps. 38:6; 42:9; 43:2
CHAPTER 31
a [Matt. 5:28]
1 look intently or gaze
* See WW at Prov. 22:8.
a [2 Chr. 16:9]; Job 24:23; 28:24; 34:21; 36:7; [Prov. 5:21; 15:3; Jer. 32:19]
1 Lit. Let Him weigh me
a Num. 15:39; [Eccl. 11:9]; Ezek. 6:9; [Matt. 5:29]
a Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:30, 38; Job 20:18; Mic. 6:15
1 uprooted
a Deut. 28:30; 2 Sam. 12:11; Jer. 8:10
a Gen. 38:24; [Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22]; Job 31:28
a [Deut. 24:14, 15]
a Job 34:19; Prov. 14:31; 22:2; [Mal. 2:10]
1 Lit. her
a [Deut. 24:13]
1 Lit. loins
a [Matt. 6:19, 20; Mark 10:23–25]
a [Deut. 4:19; 17:3]; Ezek. 8:16
1 Lit. light
a [Prov. 17:5; 24:17]; Obad. 12
a [Matt. 5:44]
1 Or life
1 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT road
1 Or as men do
1 Lit. Accuser
a Job 24:6, 10–12; [James 5:4]
1 Lit. strength
CHAPTER 32
1 Vg. till Job had spoken
1 Lit. Days, i.e., years
a 1 Kin. 3:12; 4:29; [Job 35:11; 38:36; Prov. 2:6; Eccl. 2:26; Dan. 1:17; 2:21; Matt. 11:25; James 1:5]
a [1 Cor. 1:26]
1 Or Men of many years
1 ordered
1 bosom
2 opening
CHAPTER 33
* See WW at 2 Sam. 23:2.
1 Lit. as your mouth
1 Lit. in my ears
1 Lit. passing
1 desirable
1 an atonement
a [2 Sam. 12:13; Prov. 28:13; Luke 15:21; 1 John 1:9]
1 Kt. my
2 Kt. my
1 Keep silent
CHAPTER 34
1 Lit. arrow
1 derision
a [Gen. 18:25; Deut. 32:4; 2 Chr. 19:7]; Job 8:3; 36:23; Ps. 92:15; Rom. 9:14
1 men of heart
a Job 34:25; Ps. 62:12; [Prov. 24:12; Jer. 32:19]; Ezek. 33:20; [Matt. 16:27]; Rom. 2:6; [2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 22:12]