Ayub 15:14

15:14 What is man that he should be pure,

or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Ayub 21:4

21:4 Is my ¹  complaint against a man? ² 

If so, ³  why should I not be impatient? ⁴ 

Ayub 34:15

34:15 all flesh would perish together

and human beings would return to dust.

[21:4]  ¹ tn The addition of the independent pronoun at the beginning of the sentence (“Is it I / against a man / my complaint”) strengthens the pronominal suffix on “complaint” (see GKC 438 §135.f).

[21:4]  ² sn The point seems to be that if his complaint were merely against men he might expect sympathy from other men; but no one dares offer him sympathy when his complaint is against God. So he will give free expression to his spirit (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 147).

[21:4]  ³ tn On disjunctive interrogatives, see GKC 475 §150.g.

[21:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “why should my spirit/breath not be short” (see Num 21:4; Judg 16:16).