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AnAnnotatedTranslationofJob30.16-31

NickElder

TheIliffSchoolofTheology

4/28/2011

16Andnowmysoulispouredoutuponme

Daysofmiserygraspme17Atnightmybonesweredugfromme

Mypainswillnotbelaiddown

18WithgreatpowermyclothesdisguiseMyundershirtbindsmejustasmymouthdoes

19HehasthrownmetothemudAndIhavebecomelikedrylandandloosesoil

20Iwillcrytoyouforhelp,butyouwillnotanswer

Istoodandyoulookatme21Youhaveturnedcrueltome

Withyourhandyouharboranimositytome22Youliftmetothewind

Youplacedandcausedmetobedissolvedinastorm

23BecauseIknewyouwouldturndeathtomeandtotheappointedhouseofalltheliving

24Willhenotstretchouthishandtotheonesunkdown,ifhecriesout?

25SurelyIweptforthosehavingdifficultdaysMysoulpitiedthepoor

26ThoughIexpectedgood,evilentered

ThoughIwaitedforlight,darknessreturned27Myintestinesboiledanddidnotkeepstill

Daysofmiseryconfrontedme.28Darknesscamewithoutthesun

IstoodandIcriedforhelpintheassembly

29Ihavebecomeabrothertojackalsandafriendoftherelativesofanostrich

30Myskinbecameblackuponmeandmyskeletonbecamehotwithheatwithinme

31Andinmourningmylyreandmyflutewereplayedtothesoundofweeping.

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Notes

16uponmethewordchoiceherereflectsthespatial/locative1useofthepreposition

laywhichisalsotheunderstandingoftheLXXepeme

17atisnotreflectedinthetext,ratheritissimplylaylhbutmakeslittlesensein

English,thusatisadded

18withreflectstheinstrumentaluse2oftheinseparableprepositionb

justasreflectsthecorrespondenceuse3oftheinseparableprepositionk

19drylandandloosesoilthereisasignificantplayonwordsbetweentheHebrew

keprandrperbothhavesoundnearlyidenticalphoneticallyaftertheinitialsyllableandbothhavesoil/landkindofreferents,drylandandloosesoilgetsatthis

wordplay,butpailsincomparisontothepoeticnatureoftheHebrewtext

20lookatmethephrasingisdifficult,inthatanegativeparticlemightbeexpected.Thenegativeparticlelisattestedinonevariant,butthenegativeisconsistentlyabsentintheLXX.

21withyourhandreflectstheinstrumentaluse4oftheprepositionb

22inastormrepresentstheqrratherthanthekandliterallyhastheconnotationofnoise,shouts,andcrashing

24theformatofthissentencereflectsasinglethought,contrarytothedoubletsfoundthroughouttherestofthisspeech

25surelyistranslatedastheoathformation5ofimcoupledwiththenegative

particlelwhichwouldliterallybetranslatedifnot

26thoughinbothsectionsofthedoubletisreflectedbytheconcessive6useofthe

adverbkiy

enteredandreturnedaretheidenticaltermandformwayybbutaretranslateddifferentlytoreflecttheideaofexpectingandwaitingrespectively.

29jackalsinterestinglythetermltanniymisreflectedintheLXXasseirnnwhich

reflectsasemanticrangeofanumberofvariousbirds.

1 Bill T. Arnold and John H. Choi,A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (New York:Cambridge University Press, 2003), 120-121.2

Ibid, 104.3

Ibid, 109.4

Ibid, 102.5

Ibid, 145.6

Ibid, 152-253.

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relativesofanostrichmosttranslationssimplytranslatethisphraseasostriches,

however,thewordlibntdenotesafamilialrelationtoostriches,notostrichesthemselves

31againtheverseisreflectedinasinglethought,withnocorrespondingdoublet,

effectivelyendingthissectionofspeech