Ayub 12:7

Knowledge of God’s Wisdom ¹ 

12:7 “But now, ask the animals and they ²  will teach you,

or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

Ayub 20:7

20:7 he will perish forever, like his own excrement; ³ 

those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Ayub 40:7

40:7 “Get ready for a difficult task ⁴  like a man.

I will question you and you will inform me!

[12:7]  ¹ sn As J. E. Hartley (Job [NICOT], 216) observes, in this section Job argues that respected tradition “must not be accepted uncritically.”

[12:7]  ² tn The singular verb is used here with the plural collective subject (see GKC 464 §145.k).

[20:7]  ³ tn There have been attempts to change the word here to “like a whirlwind,” or something similar. But many argue that there is no reason to remove a coarse expression from Zophar.

[40:7]  ⁴ tn See note on “task” in 38:3.