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Job 27:20-22
New English Translation
Job 27:20-22
New English Translation
20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood;[a]
at night a whirlwind carries him off.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
22 It hurls itself against him without pity[b]
as he flees headlong from its power.
Footnotes
- Job 27:20 tn Many commentators want a word parallel to “in the night.” And so we are offered בַּיּוֹם (bayyom, “in the day”) for כַמַּיִם (khammayim, “like waters”) as well as a number of others. But “waters” sometimes stand for major calamities, and so may be retained here. Besides, not all parallel structures are synonymous.
- Job 27:22 tn The verb is once again functioning in an adverbial sense. The text has “it hurls itself against him and shows no mercy.”
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