Job 35:9-10

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Footnotes

1. Job 35:9 tn The word “people” is supplied, because the sentence only has the masculine plural verb.
2. Job 35:9 tn The final noun is an abstract plural, “oppression.” There is no reason to change it to “oppressors” to fit the early versions. The expression is literally “multitude of oppression.”
3. Job 35:9 tn Heb “the arm,” a metaphor for strength or power.
4. Job 35:9 tn Or “of the many” (see HALOT 1172 s.v. I רַב 6.a).
5. Job 35:10 tn There have been several attempts to emend the line, none of which are particularly helpful or interesting. H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 225) says, “It is a pity to rob Elihu of a poetic line when he creates one.”