Ayub 15:27

15:27 Because he covered his face with fat, ¹ 

and made ²  his hips bulge with fat, ³ 

Ayub 19:21

19:21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me,

for the hand of God has struck me.

Ayub 34:23

34:23 For he does not still consider a person, ⁴ 

that he should come before God in judgment.

Ayub 36:2

36:2 “Be patient ⁵  with me a little longer

and I will instruct you,

for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf. ⁶ 

[15:27]  ¹ sn This verse tells us that he is not in any condition to fight, because he is bloated and fat from luxurious living.

[15:27]  ² tn D. W. Thomas defends a meaning “cover” for the verb עָשָׂה (’asah). See “Translating Hebrew `asah,” BT 17 [1966]: 190-93.

[15:27]  ³ tn The term פִּימָה (pimah), a hapax legomenon, is explained by the Arabic fa’ima, “to be fat.” Pope renders this “blubber.” Cf. KJV “and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.”

[34:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “for he does not put upon man yet.” This has been given a wide variety of interpretations, all of which involve a lot of additional thoughts. The word עוֹד (’od, “yet, still”) has been replaced with מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “an appointed time,” Reiske and Wright), with the ם (mem) having dropped out by haplography. This makes good sense. If the MT is retained, the best interpretation would be that God does not any more consider (from “place upon the heart”) man, that he might appear in judgment.

[36:2]  ⁵ tn The verb כָּתַּר (kattar) is the Piel imperative; in Hebrew the word means “to surround” and is related to the noun for crown. But in Syriac it means “to wait.” This section of the book of Job will have a few Aramaic words.

[36:2]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text simply has “for yet for God words.”