Ayub 26:14

26:14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! ¹ 

How faint is the whisper ²  we hear of him!

But who can understand the thunder of his power?”

Roma 10:17

10:17 Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word ³  of Christ. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “the ends of his ways,” meaning “the fringes.”

² tn Heb “how little is the word.” Here “little” means a “fraction” or an “echo.”

³ tn The Greek term here is ῥῆμα (rJhma), which often (but not exclusively) focuses on the spoken word.

⁴ tc Most mss (א¹ A D¹ Ψ 33 1881 Ï sy) have θεοῦ (qeou) here rather than Χριστοῦ (Cristou; found in Ì^46vid א* B C D* 6 81 629 1506 1739 pc lat co). External evidence strongly favors the reading “Christ” here. Internal evidence is also on its side, for the expression ῥῆμα Χριστοῦ (rJhma Cristou) occurs nowhere else in the NT; thus scribes would be prone to change it to a known expression.

tn The genitive could be understood as either subjective (“Christ does the speaking”) or objective (“Christ is spoken about”), but the latter is more likely here.