Job 36:9-11

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Job 36:9 tn The verb נָגַד (nagad) means “to declare; to tell.” Here it is clear that God is making known the sins that caused the enslavement or captivity, so “reveal” makes a good interpretive translation.
2. Job 36:9 tn Heb “their work.”
3. Job 36:10 tn The idiom once again is “he uncovers their ear.”
4. Job 36:10 tn The revelation is in the preceding verse, and so a pronoun must be added to make the reference clear.
5. Job 36:10 tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to turn; to return”) is one of the two major words in the OT for “repent”—to return from evil. Here the imperfect should be obligatory—they must do it.
6. Job 36:11 tc Some commentators delete this last line for metrical considerations. But there is no textual evidence for the deletion; it is simply the attempt by some to make the meter rigid.