Ayub 22:12

22:12 “Is not God on high in heaven? ¹ 

And see ²  the lofty stars, ³  how high they are!

Ayub 32:4

32:4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking ⁴  to Job, because the others ⁵  were older than he was.

[22:12]  ¹ tn This reading preserves the text as it is. The nouns “high” and “heavens” would then be taken as adverbial accusatives of place (see GKC 373-74 §118.g).

[22:12]  ² tn The parallel passage in Isa 40:26-27, as well as the context here, shows that the imperative is to be retained here. The LXX has “he sees.”

[22:12]  ³ tn Heb “head of the stars.”

[32:4]  ⁴ tc This reading requires repointing the word בִּדְבָרִים (bidbarim, “with words”) to בְּדָבְּרָם (bÿdabbÿram, “while they spoke [with Job]”). If the MT is retained, it would mean “he waited for Job with words,” which while understandable is awkward.

[32:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the other friends) has been specified in the translation for clarity.